PT: Many people mock your party as one with a tattered umbrella because of its crisis. Is there any hope for the PDP, let’s say in Akwa Ibom State, in 2027?
Mfon Ben: I like to be very realistic with the use of language. You said many people. I deal with specifics, not with speculations. And being specific, I would say that our party has its fair share of crisis. And essentially it has been resolved at the last national convention. At the national level, the national convention has taken specific decisions by identifying those who have been used as moles to create crisis in the party. And they have been expelled. And so the party is no longer in crisis. Now, you mentioned Akwa Ibom State, for example. There’s no problem in Akwa Ibom State. The state executive of the party was dissolved by the National Working Committee. And that dissolution was confirmed at the national convention. And so there’s no problem in the party, both at the national and specifically in Akwa Ibom State. PDP is going to file a candidate and we’re going to win the election.
PT: Which election are you talking about?
Mfon Ben: The presidential election and the governorship election, along with other positions (in 2027).
PT: The impression is that t
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