By Abigail David
A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led by former Minister of Special Duties, Kabiru Turaki (SAN), says it has submitted the names of former President Goodluck Jonathan and other candidates for the 2027 general election to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The faction also announced that it had filed an appeal against a recent judgment of the Federal High Court in Abuja concerning the party’s leadership dispute.
Speaking at a press conference in Abuja on Friday, the National Publicity Secretary of the faction’s Interim National Working Committee (INWC), Comrade Ini Ememobong, said the interim leadership emerged following the Supreme Court’s judgment on the PDP leadership crisis, which the group claims left the party without a legally recognised national leadership.
According to Ememobong, the faction maintains that it validly nominated Jonathan as its presidential candidate, along with governorship, National Assembly and state assembly candidates for the 2027 elections.
He added that the party’s Board of Trustees and a National Executive Committee meeting convened by members subsequently established the Interim National Working Committee to oversee the party’s affairs and formally communicated its decisions to INEC.
The development comes amid the ongoing leadership dispute within the PDP, with rival groups continuing to lay claim to the party’s leadership and decision-making authority.
