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2027 Poll: Turaki-led PDP faction submits ex-President Jonathan’s name, others to INEC
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2027 Poll: Turaki-led PDP faction submits ex-President Jonathan’s name, others to INEC

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  • A faction of Nigeria's Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has manually submitted the names of its candidates, including former President Goodluck Jonathan, to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the 2027 general elections.
  • The faction cited difficulties accessing INEC's digital portal as the reason for the manual submission, asserting compliance with electoral laws despite the administrative challenge.
  • The party faction also accused INEC of institutional bias and a lack of neutrality in handling its internal issues, urging the commission to await legal dispute resolutions before publishing candidate lists.

A faction of Nigeria's Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has taken a unique approach to the 2027 general elections, manually submitting its candidate list to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The Tanimu Turaki-led Interim National Working Committee (INWC) announced the submission of names, notably including former President Goodluck Jonathan as its presidential candidate, along with nominees for governorship and National Assembly seats.

We are pleased to announce that we have successfully submitted, manually, and in full compliance with the Electoral Act 2026, the entirety of the list of candidates sponsored by the authentic PDP.

— Ini EmemobongNational Publicity Secretary of the PDP faction, announcing the manual submission of candidate names to INEC.

According to the faction's National Publicity Secretary, Ini Ememobong, the manual submission was necessitated by their inability to access INEC's digital portal. Despite this administrative hurdle, Ememobong stated that the action was in "full compliance with the extant provisions of electoral laws." He assured party loyalists that all constitutional and legal avenues are being pursued to prevent the party from being "hijacked or annexed to the ruling party."

This submission contains the names of our presidential candidate, former President Goodluck Jonathan, as well as all governorship and National Assembly candidates, receipt of which has been duly acknowledged by INEC.

— Ini EmemobongDetailing the contents of the manually submitted candidate list.

The faction did not shy away from criticizing the electoral umpire, alleging a pattern of "institutional bias" and a "lack of neutrality" in INEC's handling of matters concerning the PDP. Ememobong claimed that INEC officials have suppressed material facts in court and shown favoritism towards one faction of the party. The faction urged INEC to exercise restraint and await the final determination of pending legal disputes before publishing any candidate lists, emphasizing their appeal at the Court of Appeal against a Federal High Court ruling.

We are exhausting every constitutional, legal, and democratic avenue to ensure that our party is not hijacked or annexed to the ruling party.

— Ini EmemobongReassuring party loyalists about efforts to secure the party's integrity.
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