Eddy Olafeso, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party’s reconciliation committee has encouraged the party to reconcile with Peter Obi, a former presidential candidate and other political stalwarts who have been exiled ahead of the 2027 general elections.

He noted that is the only way the largest opposition party can defeat the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2027.

Recall Obi quit the PDP to the Labour Party months before the 2023 presidential elections. He finished third polling 6,101,533 votes, according to the Independent National Electoral (INEC).

During an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday, January 29, 2025, he said the PDP have to court Obi to stand a chance against the APC in 2027.

He says, “Not only Peter Obi, every person that is somebody in this country that can actually garner one or two votes must be spoken with.”

The PDP chieftain said it would be difficult for any single political party to defeat the APC without a strong alliance.

“It is not only here that you have alliances; you have people working together to be able to win an election.

“It happened in Ghana not quite a long time ago and that is exactly what we all should do at this moment, no single party can defeat the APC alone, don’t let us delude ourselves. We must all come together to fight,” Olafeso added.

He blamed PDP leadership for the balkanization of the party ahead of the 2023 election which contributed to its loss at the polls.

Olafeso noted that the combination of Atiku and Obi’s votes would have sent Tinubu to a distant second, regretting the inability of the PDP leadership to keep its house together ahead of the 2023 election.