Nigeria, May 28 -- The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed concerns that President Bola Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) are attempting to stifle democratic space ahead of the 2027 general elections.

At the end of its 99th NEC meeting held on Tuesday in Abuja, the PDP issued a communique, presented by its acting National Chairperson Umar Damagum, in which it accused the APC-led federal government of undermining democratic institutions and intimidating opposition parties through open siege, threats, and coercion.

"Furthermore, NEC stands in firm resistance to the sinister plot by the Tinubu-led APC to turn Nigeria into a one-Party totalitarian state as evidenced in the...