As 2027 draws near, various political party in the country have begin to map out plans to be the party to win. The choice of picking the candidate to represent the party lies in the party, admits any speculations, until the party conducts it’s primaries and present a candidate, speculations will continue to circulate.
For the main opposition Party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), it has said it has no plans and have not been in talks with former President Goodluck Jonathan ahead of the 2027 race.
According to the Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Ibrahim Abdullahi, Jonathan is eligible to stand election, but has not been invited to join the race, nor issued it’s presidential ticket.
Abdullahi stated, “The report that PDP has issued its presidential ticket to former President Goodluck Jonathan or invited him to contest the 2027 presidential election is false. What happened was this: I had an interview with a journalist who asked for my opinion on Jonathan, given reports suggesting he is being urged to run for the presidency.”
“I said Jonathan is eligible to run because, as a Nigerian, the law allows him to contest. He still has one more term left. There is nothing wrong with him contesting if he so desires, but that doesn’t mean the PDP has approached him or offered him the ticket,” he clarified.
“Ticket is given to someone who has shown interest. It wasn’t long ago that his wife said he wouldn’t run for presidency again. How then can we consider him?” Abdullahi asked.
Speaking further, Abdullahi revealed that the party has 12 governors and various other competent politicians who could be it’s preferred candidate in the coming year as it has been good to Jonathan I the past.
It will be recalled that the former President’s wife Dame Patience Jonathan, had recently her husband did not leave anything in Aso Villa, therefore he will not go back .
Following the internal crisis in the party, there have been calls from various quarters for Jonathan to join the 2027 race. The former president can still stand a single tenure.
As the road to 2027 gets busy, every political party is putting it’s house in place to ensure that it deliver, the question however is, will the ruling party maintain its post or power will slip? What do you think?
