Posted by Chinenye on Fri 13th Nov, 2026 - tori.ng
The PDP in Bayelsa State has announced its support for President Bola Tinubu's second term ambition in 2027.
(President Bola Tinubu. Photo Credit: OSGF)
The Peoples Democratic Party in Bayelsa State has decided to focus its machinery on President Bola Tinubu's re election bid in 2027.
It has also told its National Assembly candidates to run their own campaigns.
The decision came after a State Working Committee meeting on Friday.
The party's Publicity Secretary, Ikaebimo Mark, announced it in a statement the same day.
Mark said the state leadership will push a statewide campaign for Tinubu under the National Rainbow Coalition arrangement.
He said the move follows a directive from the party's national leader, Nyesom Wike, issued after consultation with the national working committee.
The National Assembly candidates have been told to take full charge of their campaigns and step up grassroots work through community to community outreach.
Mark said most of them are already doing this.
The state leadership will still offer guidance and support when asked.
In a separate development, former Deputy Minority Whip of the 8th Senate and former senator for Bayelsa Central, Emmanuel Paulker, said he will stay in the PDP and has no plans to defect.
State chairman Chief Alabh George Turnah and members of the working committee visited Paulker at his Yenagoa home.
Paulker, who represented Bayelsa Central from 2007 to 2019, said he has never left the PDP since 1998.
"I will not leave this party," he said.
He promised to support the party's rebuilding and urged its leaders to promote unity and inclusion.
He said he is confident the PDP will recover its strength and return to power in Bayelsa.
Turnah called Paulker a founding pillar of the party in the state and said his experience remains valuable to its leadership.