Former Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party in Osun state and Ex-Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Fatai Akinade Akinbade, in this interview speaks on a wide ranges of issues including the current crisis rocking the PDP, assessment of two-year old government of President Bola Tinubu, declaration of State of Emergency in Rivers State, among others. Hammed Shittu brings excerpts:
In view of the present situation in the PDP in the country now, being the major opposition party ,what is your hope about the party getting back on its feet ahead of the 2027 general elections?
Well, thank you very much. When you look at the party, you know it’s a party that has a very broad base. The only problem we’re having is the leadership. And I want to tell you that even the ruling APC does not have the kind of followership that PDP is having. And I want to assure you that whenever that single man is fished out, you will see major positive changes because people are everywhere in all the wards, in all the polling areas, so it’s difficult for PDP to just go down the drain like that. I believe that with time the leadership will come together and get somebody that will fix the problems.