The pressure is said to be spearheaded by some members of the former ruling party who believe that the party must change its name in order to drop what they referred to as its moral burden. Okupe said, ‘‘You know that the APC controls 21 states while the PDP controls 15 out of the 36 states in the country. ‘‘To defeat the APC in 2023, I want the PDP leaders to think of changing the name of the party. He said the APC had destroyed the image of the PDP with lies and half-truths since 2015 when the party ousted the PDP. “The two zones which rejected the plan to change the party’s name are emotionally committed to the PDP.

Source: Punch January 26, 2020 02:15 UTC