By: Monday Danladi, Bauchi
Bauchi State Chapter of the main opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP), loyal to the Tanimu Turaki led faction has disclosed that it has screened Three aspirants for the Senate, Twelve for the House Reps, Thirty-One for the State House of Assembly and One person for the gubernatorial seat for the 2027 general election.
The disclosure was made by State Chairman of the PDP, Pharmacist Samaila Adamu Burga, during a Press conference held at the Yandoka road, State Secretariat of the party.
He insisted that the faction is the authentic and that anyone who purchased nomination form from any other faction has just wasted his or her money as such cannot be recognised.
He however assured that, “Very soon, we will conduct the party primaries where our candidates will emerge and effectively participate in the 2027 general elections in the State.”
Samaila Adamu Burga insisted further that whatever is happening at the national level does not have a significant impact on the 26 States and Zones where congresses were duly conducted, monitored and supervised by the concerned authorities.
He stressed that, “Yes, the Ibadan National Convention was nulified while the Supreme Court upheld the suspension of some former national leaders of the party, but we are the main leaders of the PDP.”
He declared that, “As far as we are concerned, there is no faction in the PDP, those you are referring to are no longer members of the PDP as they have been suspended and the Supreme Court has confirmed it.”
He said, “Nyesom Wike is the leader of those people but his son and associates are contesting in the APC, he is struggling to have an APC man as the next Governor of Rivers State. You can now understand that there is a problem somewhere.”
He stressed that the PDP is still the strongest opposition in Nigeria and will form the next Government at the end of the 2027 general elections.
According to him,”Everything we are doing is in accordance with the Constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended as well as the Electoral Act 2026 as amended and the Constitution of the PDP.”
He hailed the Federal High Court which ruled that former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, has the legal and constitutional rights to contest the presidential elections in the country.
Samaila Adamu Burga assured that the PDP is not afraid of contesting election because it is a formidable party that has a very wide spread across the country.
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