# Nigerian PDP Faction Rejects Tinubu Support

> PDP faction under Turaki says Nigeria won't back Tinubu re-election.
- Title: Nigerian PDP Faction Rejects Tinubu Support · Allafrica
- Summary: PDP faction under Turaki says Nigeria won't back Tinubu re-election. Nigerian PDP faction led by Turaki rejects supporting Tinubu's 2027 re-election, calling…
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- Source: Allafrica — https://allafrica.com/stories/202610210062.html
- Published: 2026-10-21T06:23:06+00:00
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## PDP faction rejects Tinubu support
PDP faction under Kabiru Tanimu Turaki says Nigerian opposition won't back Tinubu's 2027 re-election.

> the true and principled members of the Peoples Democratic Party are not part of the self-serving support for the APC-led Federal Government and its destructive policies.
## Opposition duty
True opposition must offer alternatives, not support ruling party or its policies.

> If at all opposition parties are to have an alliance, it will be amongst themselves, not with the governing party.
## Rainbow coalition threat
The faction calls the 'rainbow coalition' a threat to democracy and fastest path to electoral monarchy.

> This political anomaly, styled and championed as a "rainbow coalition," is the greatest threat to electoral democracy and the fastest way of railroading the country into an electoral monarchy.
## Judiciary decision
PDP awaits court ruling to return party to true owners after appeal.

> We know that the entire judiciary is conscious that justice delayed is justice denied.
## Key takeaway

Nigerian PDP faction led by Turaki rejects supporting Tinubu's 2027 re-election, calling it a threat to democracy.