By Luminous Jannamike
ABUJA — The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Wednesday warned its candidates against defecting after securing the party’s tickets, saying those whose names would be submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for the 2027 general election would be required to sign undertakings committing them to the party, as it confirmed former President Goodluck Jonathan as its presidential candidate.
The warning came as the opposition party presented Certificates of Return to 21 governorship candidates, declared that it had completed nominations nationwide and signalled its readiness for the 2027 elections.
Chairman of the PDP Interim National Working Committee, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, SAN, said the party was determined to prevent a repeat of situations where candidates secured mandates on its platform and later defected to other parties.
“Nobody, moving forward, nobody will take our mandate to another political party and get away with it. But before we take your names to INEC, you will sign. You will sign an undertaking. What had happened before will not happen again,” Turaki said.
