As the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) worsens, Tajudeen Yusuf, a member of the party and former member of the House of Representatives, has singled out Alhaji Atiku Abubakar for the party’s loss in the 2023 presidential election.

Yusuf, while commenting on the violence that disrupted the party’s Board of Trustees meeting in Abuja on Wednesday, January 29, 2025, said the opposition party might repeat its 2023 mistakes if care is not taken.

According to him, the PDP lost the 2023 election because its presidential candidate was too cocky.

He maintained that the lingering crisis in the party is caused by the struggle for structure and power by some party members who are positioning themselves for the 2027 general elections.

“What you have seen ahead of 2027 is that people are struggling for structure, for who controls what, and to become the party’s candidate. They forget the fact that being a candidate alone does not make you president. We lost the last election because I feel our flagbearer was too cocky and so sure he was the next president,” Yusuf said.

The ex-lawmaker further said that the PDP is not playing opposition as it should, adding that the crisis rocking the party is orchestrated by overambitious party members.

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