Nigeria: 2027 Polls Without PDP?

There are clear signs that, for the first time since Nigeria’s present democratic dispensation began in 1999, the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may not be on the ballot. The once-dominant political party that boasted then that it would rule the nation for 60 years, is now a shadow of its former self that doubts are becoming rife about its viability as a platform for political contestation.

PDP has been embroiled in internal disputes that began before the 2023 elections and has remained…