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From Ndubuisi Orji, Abuja
The Tanimu Turaki led Interim National Working Committee (INWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says it has submitted the name of former President Goodluck Jonathan to the Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC) as its candidate for the 2027 presidential poll.
The Spokesman of the PDP faction, Ini Ememobong, who disclosed this, at a press briefing, in Abuja, said the party has also submitted the list of its candidates for other positions to the electoral umpire. The opposition party has been polarised with one of the camps led by Abdulraham Mohammed and the other led by Turaki. However, the Mohammed bloc that is supported by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike is recognised by INEC.
Recently both camps conducted parallel primaries to nominate candidates for the 2027 general election. While the Mohammed camp nominated Senator Sandy Onor, as its presidential candidate, the Turaki bloc settled for Jonathan as the PDP presidential flag bearer. Ememobong, while insisting that the Turaki led INWC is the authentic leadership of the PDP, said since INEC refused to give access to the court to them for uploading party candidates, the list was set to the electoral commission manually.
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According to him, “we are pleased to announce that notwithstanding INEC’s refusal to provide us with the necessary access codes, which is an administrative convenience rather than a legal requirement, we have successfully submitted manually and in full compliance with the Electoral Act 2026, the list of candidates sponsored by the authentic Peoples Democratic Party.
“That submission, containing the names of our presidential candidate, President Goodluck Jonathan, as well as all governorship, National Assembly and State Assembly candidates-receipt of which was duly acknowledged by INEC.
“As part of the electoral timetable, INEC will soon publish the names of candidates sponsored by political parties. Should the Commission publish names other than those lawfully submitted by us, we urge our members, supporters and the teeming Nigerians, who eagerly await the candidature of President Jonathan and our other candidates not to despair. “ He explained that recently, a suit was filed before a Federal High Court, seeking an order directing INEC to recognise the Turaki led INWC as the authentic leadership of the PDP. Nonetheless, the spokesman noted that the judgment by the court seems more like an appeal on the verdicts of superior courts.
