Turaki-led PDP to field Jonathan as candidate in 2027 election

The Tanimu Turaki-led Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has resolved to present former President Goodluck Jonathan as its presidential candidate in the 2027 election.

The former Niger State Governor, Babangida Aliyu, disclosed this to journalists shortly after the screening of aspirants from the party on Tuesday in Abuja.

Aliyu is a member of the Presidential Screening Committee, appointed by PDP Interim National Working Committee.

He said the committee had cleared Jonathan as the party’s sole presidential aspirant at the ongoing screening exercise.

He explained that the party’s national leadership had already granted Jonathan necessary waiver to contest in the primary election, noting that the former president’s extensive experience left no room for him to be screened again.

“As you know, the party had already given a presidential aspirant the waiver. Like I said in the beginning, he was a deputy governor, became governor, became vice-president and became president.

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“So, we didn’t see anything that needed screening. Therefore, the party had given him a waiver.

“In other words, he had been declared as the candidate of PDP for the presidential election,” the ex-governor said.

When asked by journalists to confirm if Jonathan remains the only contender on the platform, Aliyu said “yes.”

He also disclosed that a similar administrative waiver had been extended to a former Deputy Governor of Oyo State,Taofeek Arapaja, to contest the state governorship election.

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