Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, on Monday in Abuja hosted key members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) under the banner of “Concerned Stakeholders of the PDP.” During the meeting, the group resolved to demand that the party zone its 2027 presidential ticket to the South. The lengthy deliberation also produced a resolution to safeguard the party’s survival. The stakeholders called on the acting National Chairman, Ambassador Umar Iliya Damagum, and the National Secretary, Senator Sam Anyanwu, to immediately convene a meeting of the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC). Reading the communiqué after the meeting, Wike stressed the stakeholders’ commitment to promoting internal democracy, equity, and justice within the PDP. “In the spirit of fairness, inclusion, federal character principles and respect for our party constitution, the Party must make an unequivocal pronouncement zoning its presidential candidate to the South in the 2027 elections after the unbroken years of Northern President under President Muhammadu Buhari. “In line with the provisions of our party constitution only the National Secretary, Senator Sam Anyanwu, can issue notices of meeting of the National Convention, National Executive Committee, National Caucus and the National Working Committee and to this end all notices not issued by him and actions founded on them, including correspondences to INEC are null and void and of no effect whatsoever”, the stakeholders declared. It remained unclear whether Oyo State Governor and G-5 member, Seyi Makinde, was invited to the meeting. However, his fellow G-5 members—former Governors Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu), Samuel Ortom (Benue), and Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia)—were in attendance. Also present were PDP National Secretary, Senator Samuel Anyanwu; former Senate Minority Leader, Philip Aduda; current and former federal and state lawmakers; as well as several zonal and state party officials. The “Eminent Stakeholders and Concerned Leaders,” drawn from various states across the country, expressed deep concern over the persistent crisis within the party. They attributed the turmoil to the continued disregard by a few individuals for the PDP Constitution—specifically citing Sections 36(1)(a)(b)(c), 47(3)(5), and 48(1)(i)—as well as a binding Supreme Court judgment concerning the office of the National Secretary.