The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday declared former President Goodluck Jonathan eligible to participate in the 2027 presidential election.
The judgment elicited a positive reaction from the Kabiru Turaki-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, which earlier granted a screening waiver to Jonathan to pave the pathway for his presidential ambition.
The PDP faction, which scheduled its primaries for May 28, 2026, in a statement issued on Tuesday by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Ini Ememobong, described the ruling as being in line with the law and “common sense.”
“This judgment is clearly in alignment with the law and common sense, as laws cannot have a retroactive or retrospective effect,” it said.
The opposition party also described the suit challenging Jonathan’s eligibility as “vexatious” and “a gross abuse of court processes.”
