- PDP May Field Peter Obi, Goodluck Jonathan in 2027
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PDP reportedly in talks with both politicians to return to the party.
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ADC criticizes early zoning plans by PDP and APC as power-driven.
Senate Minority Leader, Senator Abba Moro, has suggested that former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, and former President Goodluck Jonathan could emerge as contenders in the 2027 presidential election under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
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EKO HOT BLOG reports that Moro, speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Tuesday, disclosed that discussions are ongoing to persuade Obi and Jonathan to return to the PDP and consider contesting on the party’s platform.
“So, in the run-up to 2027, I am aware certain individuals have been talking to Peter Obi, saying, ‘Come back home, this is what we are likely to do, and if you come, you stand a chance of being the candidate,’” Moro said.
On the possibility of Jonathan’s return, the lawmaker added, “Some persons are talking to the former president to come and run. It is a possibility.”
Obi, who was the PDP’s vice-presidential candidate in 2019, left the party for the Labour Party in 2022, where he contested the 2023 presidential election. Jonathan, on the other hand, served as Nigeria’s president between 2010 and 2015 on the PDP platform.
Meanwhile, the spokesperson of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Bolaji Abdullahi, has criticized both the PDP and the All Progressives Congress (APC) for unveiling the zoning arrangements for their 2027 presidential tickets two years before the polls.
Abdullahi argued that such early political maneuvering portrays the major parties as being more focused on power than on addressing the challenges facing Nigerians.
Speaking on Channels Television, he said the early zoning move suggests that the APC and PDP may either be working with predetermined plans or seeking to attract specific individuals to fit their political agenda.
