A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) backed by Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has announced former President Goodluck Jonathan as the party’s sole presidential candidate for the 2027 general elections.
A member of the faction’s presidential screening committee, Babangida Aliyu, made the announcement on Tuesday during the screening exercise for aspirants in Abuja.
Mr Aliyu said the former president was granted a waiver from appearing before the screening committee because of his previous experience in public office, which, according to him, automatically qualified him for the election.
‘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 announced a screening waiver for Taofeek Arapaja, a member of its Interim National Working Committee, who is contesting the Oyo State governorship election.
Other governorship aspirants screened and cleared by the committee as of the time of filing this report include Myebangara Andrew from Adamawa State, Ikenya Danlami from Taraba State, Etanabene Benedict from Delta State and Abdullahi Sheriff from Yobe State.
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