Investigation by The Nation showed that the PDP is having issues in eight states following attempts by some governors to impose governorship candidates on the party.
Some of the governors facing tough tasks in anointing their successors are: Emmanuel Uduaghan (Delta), Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom), Sullivan Chime (Enugu) and Theodore Orji (Abia).
In Rivers and Imo states, the battle for the governorship slots is tearing the PDP apart.
Also, some angry stakeholders in the Southeast and Southsouth region are threatening protest votes if the people’s will does not prevail in the party’s primaries.
According to a high-ranking PDP leader, some of the aspirants are already threatening to defect to the opposition All Progressive Congress (APC) or work against the interest of the party.
The PDP leader said: “We are having serious challenges in some states in the Southeast and Southsouth. The consensus option is being resisted in about eight states.
“We have a case where a governor is threatening to work against the interest of the party. We may lose some states in the Southeast and Southsouth unless we are circumspect.
“I can assure you that the President and PDP leaders will try to resolve the crisis.”
The leadership of PDP is said to be concerned about the development.
A member of the National Working Committee, NWC disclosed that they have already started discussions with the affected governors so as to sort things out and avoid going for the 2015 poll divide
“Many analysts believe President Goodluck Jonathan faces a tough reelection battle with the emergence of the All Progressives Party (APC), which is threatening PDP’s hold on the central government.
“In 2011, voter turnout in the Southeast and Southsouth was 65.8 per cent and 67.96 per cent. If Jonathan and the party must hold on to power, there must be an increase in voter turnout in the 2015 presidential election in these geo-political zone,” he said.
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