It still looks like the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) might crash any time soon.

A PDP stalwart and Osi Olubadan of Ibadan, Lekan Balogun, has predicted that a new party would emerge from the PDP ahead of the 2019 general elections.

Balogun disclosed this on Thursday during the monthly Guest Forum of Oodua Newspapers held at Ijikodo, Ibadan.

He said, “I foresee a new party emerging out of the fall of PDP from power after the 2015 elections when the ruling All Progressives Congress took over.

“Some members of the party have gotten to a point of no return and I think they could break away,” he said.

The PDP, which came to power in 1999, ruled the country for 16 years. Since it lost to the ruling party, All Progressive Congress (APC) all has not been well within the caucus of the party.

Balogun said that the party failed in its re-election bid because its leadership refused to listen to the advice of elders. He warned APC not to make the same mistake.

He said, “The fall of PDP in Oyo State and at the federal level is dialetic. Former President Goodluck Jonathan was good, but some of his ministers and party men did not help matters.”

Balogun claimed he predicted what happened to the party. He said the extent of the damage to the party was more obvious after the elections.

He also urged  Nigerians to be patient with President Muhammadu Buhari concerning the supposedly lopsided appointments.

“Appointments are made based on principles of intellect, character and national spread. President Buhari is a very disciplined leader and I know he would address the issue in subsequent appointments,” he said.

He called on the legislative and the executive to work together to promote good governance.

Janeth J