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File: Dr. Goodluck Jonathan
By Omeiza Ajayi & Luminous Jannamike
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has rejected former President Goodluck Jonathan’s presidential nomination submitted by the Kabiru Turaki-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Turaki’s camp had insisted earlier on Friday that it had manually delivered Jonathan’s candidacy and the names of its other 2027 general election candidates to the commission, deepening the party’s raging leadership crisis.
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INEC’s Director of Voter Education and Publicity, Victoria Eta-Messi, told Saturday Vanguard that the commission does not accept nominations outside its designated electronic channel.
“Submission is only done on a dedicated portal as stipulated by our regulations and guidelines please,” she said.
But the Turaki camp’s National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Ini Ememobong, told journalists the committee opted for manual submission after INEC declined to release
