People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)

The People's Democratic Party (PDP ) (democratic People's Party) is a political party in Nigeria, which ruled the country since the end of military dictatorship in 1999. Prior to the parliamentary elections in Nigeria in 2011, there was serious internal disagreements within the PDP, so that it is currently in a number of states are competing local and national organizations of the party. National Chairman of the PDP is Okwesilieze Nwodo.

In the Muslim north of Nigeria, the PDP is often regarded as a Christian party; The fact is that it draws its votes mainly from the Christian-dominated south. The PDP, which is personally and financially emerged among other things, links the former military bureaucracy with the financial aristocracy of the country, are accused of widespread corruption. As of 2010, the anti - corruption agency EFCC (Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ) called on the parties in the country to set up to the planned 2011 elections not burdened by corruption candidates they supported this with a list of names, on which, among others Ex-ministers, former provincial governors and current Member of Parliament of the PDP found. The PDP had to give in, to protect the inner-party democracy and multiple demands of the Nigerian Electoral Commission. October 2010, the PDP was then compelled to hold party congresses in eight of the 36 Nigerian states.

History

The party was founded in August 1998 under the transitional government Abdulsalami Abubakars, of Nigeria after the death of military dictator Sani Abacha again should lead to a civilian government. In the elections to the Senate, in February 1999, they won 55 of 109 seats. In the same year she won the elections to the House of Representatives and the nominee of its presidential candidate, Olusegun Obasanjo, a former military dictator, was not one of the founding members themselves, was elected in March of 1999 as President. In the last elections, which were held on 12 April 2003, the party was able to prove 76 Senate seats and 223 of 360 House of Representatives seats with 54.5 % of votes. On April 19, Obasanjo was confirmed with 61.9 % of the votes in a direct election as president.

The 2003 elections were marred by allegations of manipulation. The interdependence of the PDP with the military elite of Nigeria were particularly clear taken in the so-called Anambra crisis, when the newly elected governor PDP candidate in Anambra, Ngige, on the initiative of its main sponsor, Chief Uba in police custody and was forced to resign after he did not want to redeem particular election promise to Uba. This crisis, which resulted in even the leadership of Obasanjo was provided within the party in question, was the occasion for the party congress in November 2005, which had a restructuring of the party to the goal. In advance of the 2011 elections, there was - ibid - In some Bunsdesstaaten and places a de facto split in the party.

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