Ondo election: Cracks appear in PDP last-minute push for unity

In this piece, Muhammed Lawal examines the fragile reconciliation efforts within the Peoples Democratic Party and explores the potential impact these internal dynamics could have on the forthcoming Ondo State governorship election, especially at a time when the party’s unity hangs in the balance

The 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, said a house divided against itself is destined to crumble. Recent developments in the opposition Peoples Democratic Party have reinforced the validity of this aphorism.

The strife in the party, now targeted at its embattled acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum, mirrors the dramatic twists surrounding the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Ganduje.

Damagum, who previously served as the PDP National Deputy Chairman (North), assumed the role of acting National Chairman after a court-ordered suspension of the party’s former National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, in March…