A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led by former Minister of Special Duties Kabiru Turaki (SAN) on Friday said it had submitted the names of former President Goodluck Jonathan and other candidates for the 2027 general election to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The faction also said it had filed an appeal against the recent Federal High Court judgment in Abuja on the party’s leadership dispute.
The announcement was made at a press conference in Abuja by Comrade Ini Ememobong, National Publicity Secretary of the Interim National Working Committee (INWC).
Ememobong said the interim leadership emerged after the Supreme Court’s ruling on the PDP’s leadership crisis allegedly left the party without a legally recognised national leadership.
He said the faction maintained that it was the party’s authentic leadership and had validly nominated Jonathan as its presidential candidate, along with candidates for governorship, National Assembly and state assembly seats.
According to him, the party’s Board of Trustees and a National Executive Committee meeting convened at the request of members subsequently constituted the Interim National Working Committee to oversee the party’s affairs and formally communicated the decision to INEC.
