PDP Faction Hails Ruling Favouring Jonathan To Contest For Presidency Again
The People’s Democratic Party PDP faction loyal to Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has welcomed the court judgement declaring former President Goodluck Jonathan qualified to run for office again.
Titled, ‘PDP WELCOMES JUDGMENT ON JONATHAN’S ELIGIBILITY FOR 2027 PRESIDENCY,” and signed by Comrade Ini Ememobong, National Publicity Secretary in the factional Interim National Working Committee, the PDP statement a few hours after the ruling today Tuesday, said:
“The People’s Democratic Party @OfficialPDPNig has welcomed the judgment of the Federal High Court, Abuja Division, which held that President Goodluck Jonathan @GEJonathan is eligible to contest for the Presidency, despite having previously sworn to the oath of office of the President twice.
“This judgement is clearly in alignment with the law and common sense, as laws cannot have a retroactive or retrospective effect.
“The suit, which, for all intents and purposes, was vexatious and a gross abuse of court processes, was a very unnecessary distraction that ought not to have been instituted in the first instance. The punitive cost against the plaintiff is also very much welcomed, to serve as a deterrent to intending busybodies and irritants, who make themselves available for use by those seeking to derail democracy.
“This development, coupled with the screening waiver that our party had granted President Goodluck Jonathan, has made the pathway for his presidential rescue mission totally unfettered, especially as the primaries of the party to select all its candidates will hold on May
28, 2026.”
