A PDP faction aligned with Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has adopted former President Goodluck Jonathan as its sole candidate for Nigeria’s 2027 presidential election.
A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) backed by Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has adopted former President Goodluck Jonathan as its sole presidential candidate for the 2027 general elections.
The announcement was made on Tuesday in Abuja by Babangida Aliyu, a member of the faction’s presidential screening committee, during the screening of aspirants.
Aliyu said Jonathan was granted a waiver from appearing before the screening panel because of his extensive political experience, having served as deputy governor, governor, vice president and president.
“The party had already given our presidential aspirant the waiver, like I said in the beginning that he was deputy governor, became governor, became vice president, became president so we didn’t see anything that needed screening and therefore the party had given him waiver.
“In other words, he had been declared and cleared as the candidate of the PDP for the presidential election and that is president Jonathan,” he said.
The faction also granted a screening waiver to Taofeek Arapaja, a member of its Interim National Working Committee contesting the Oyo governorship election. According to , other governorship aspirants cleared include Myebangara Andrew, Ikenya Danlami, Etanabene Benedict and Abdullahi Sheriff.
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