A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led by former Minister of Special Duties Kabiru Turaki (SAN) says it has submitted the name of former President Goodluck Jonathan as its presidential candidate for the 2027 general election to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The group said it also filed an appeal challenging the recent Federal High Court judgment on the party’s leadership dispute.
The announcement was made on Friday during a press conference in Abuja by the National Publicity Secretary of the faction’s Interim National Working Committee (INWC), Comrade Ini Ememobong.
According to Ememobong, the interim leadership emerged after the Supreme Court’s judgment on the PDP leadership crisis allegedly left the party without a legally recognised national leadership.
He said the faction had validly nominated Jonathan as its presidential candidate alongside candidates for governorship, National Assembly and state assembly elections.
Ememobong added that the party’s Board of Trustees and a National Executive Committee meeting convened by members subsequently constituted the Interim National Working Committee to oversee the party’s affairs.
He said the committee’s formation and the nomination of candidates had been formally communicated to INEC.
The faction maintained that it represents the authentic leadership of the PDP and is acting within the party’s constitutional framework as the leadership dispute continues.
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