Courtesy: Businessday
The Tanimu Turaki led Peoples Democratic Party PDP will today, screen former President Goodluck Jonathan and other aspirants for various elective political offices today, Monday.
BusinessDay gathered that the former President is amongst those who picked the party’s presidential form to contest for the office of the President, in 2027.
The screening exercise was fixed for the Yar’adua centre in Abuja at 1pm on Monday, 18th of May.
Recall that Jonathan, who was Nigeria’s President from May, 2010 to May, 2015, was defeated in 2015, by the late former President Muhammad Buhari.
Jonathan’s eligibility has recently been questioned following claims that he had been sworn in twice, first on May 6th 2010, when former President Umaru Musa Yar’adua died in office and also in May, 2011, when he contested and won the presidential election, on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP.
The former President is said to be the only aspirant who picked the party’s form for the office of the President.
The party has also fixed Tuesday 19th May, 2026 for the screening of others across the 36 states, commencing from 10 am
Recall that the Tanimu Turaki group had last week said it was in alliance with the Allies Peoples Movement APM, where Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state declared his intention to vie for the office of the President in 2027
The Party is also expected to screen a total of 112 guber, 198 senatorial, 748 house, 2,122 state assembly aspirants
The party has former Vice-President Namadi Sambo, former governor of Plateau State, Jona Jang and a former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tom Ikimi, amongst the 14 member screening committee
The screening committee also has Babangida Aliyu, Maryam ciroma, Olabide George, Zainab Maina, Josephine Anenin, Abdul Bulama, Esther Uduehi, Edo State PDP chairman, Tony Aziegbemi, Sunday Solarium and Anicho Okoro.
The committee is also expected to screen 2122 states houses of assembly aspirants. The exercise will commence tomorrow, Tuesday in different states.