The Kabiru Turaki-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party with former President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan option appears less like a settled presidential project and more like a desperate search for political equilibrium within a party still battling itself. Jonathan Eze reports.
The renewed crisis within Nigeria’s main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has taken a dramatic turn following reports that a faction of the party screened former President Goodluck Jonathan and subsequently cleared him to fly the party’s flag in the 2027 presidential poll.
The development has intensified debates about the future of the PDP, the legality of parallel structures within political parties, and the constitutional implications surrounding Jonathan’s possible return to the presidential race.
At the centre of the controversy is the Kabiru Turaki-led factional structure of the PDP, which reportedly conducted screenings and granted Jonathan what it described as an automatic waiver and clearance to contest the presidency.
According to reports, the faction claimed the former president did not need to undergo normal screening procedures because of his political pedigree and prior service as deputy governor, governor, vice president, and president.
