2027: Dissociate Yourself From PDP Presidential Candidacy – Wike’s Faction Tells Jonathan

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) loyal to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has urged former President Goodluck Jonathan to publicly dissociate himself from the party’s 2027 presidential candidacy.

The party, in a statement on Friday by its National Publicity Secretary, Jungudo Haruna Mohammed, said those promoting Jonathan as the PDP candidate for the 2027 elections are only trying to create chaos and confusion.

Naija News reports that the statement comes amidst claims by another PDP faction that Jonathan would be unveiled on Saturday as the party’s presidential candidate.

However, Mohammed said such claims are false, misleading and unauthorized.

The statement added that the PDP is not planning a convention to affirm Jonathan as it has concluded all its primary elections, including governorship, State House of Assembly, National Assembly, and presidential primaries, in line with the Electoral Act, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) guidelines, and the party’s constitution.

According to the statement, “The Party wishes to categorically state that no such convention, meeting, or process has been scheduled, approved, or endorsed by the leadership or any recognised organ of the Peoples Democratic Party.

“All such exercises across the country were peacefully conducted and properly monitored and supervised by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).”

The faction thereafter called on Jonathan to publicly distance himself from the alleged moves to install him as the PDP flagbearer in order to preserve his reputation and protect the integrity of the democratic process.

“In view of this development, we respectfully call on former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan to publicly dissociate himself from this charade in order to protect the integrity of the democratic process and preserve the credibility he earned while serving the nation,” the statement said.

The faction also called on security agencies to investigate the source of the reports and prosecute those behind what it described as attempts to create political tension in the country.

It warned that the PDP would no longer tolerate acts capable of dragging the party into disrepute through misinformation and unauthorized political activities.

“The PDP will henceforth not fold its arms and allow the Party to be dragged into disrepute through falsehood, misinformation, and unauthorized political activities aimed at undermining its integrity and democratic structures,” it stated.