{"id":81987,"date":"2026-01-21T10:58:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T10:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=81987"},"modified":"2026-01-21T10:58:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T10:58:27","slug":"2027-pdp-opens-presidential-ticket-to-southern-candidates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2026\/01\/21\/2027-pdp-opens-presidential-ticket-to-southern-candidates\/","title":{"rendered":"2027: PDP Opens Presidential Ticket to Southern Candidates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Olokuta Rofiat<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has declared its presidential ticket for the 2027 general election open to all qualified members from southern Nigeria.<br \/>\nThe party\u2019s leadership, led by Barrister Tanimu Turaki, announced the decision on Tuesday, confirming that the ticket has been zoned to the South as part of efforts to promote inclusiveness and strengthen internal unity ahead of the polls.<\/p>\n<p>Turaki said the process would be open, transparent and fair, stressing that any PDP member from the South or of southern descent is eligible to contest. He added that while the party does not yet know who will emerge as its flag bearer, it is clear on those who will not be eligible.<\/p>\n<p>The move comes amid efforts to reposition the PDP following its defeat in the 2023 elections and to rally support across key regions, particularly in the South.<\/p>\n<p>There was no immediate indication of whether former President Goodluck Jonathan or other prominent southern figures would join the race, though the announcement is widely seen as an invitation to experienced party leaders to contest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Olokuta Rofiat The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has declared its presidential ticket for the 2027 general election open to all qualified members from southern Nigeria. The party\u2019s leadership, led by Barrister Tanimu Turaki, announced the decision on Tuesday, confirming that the ticket has been zoned to the South as part of efforts to promote [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":81988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1755,172,186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2027-general-elections","category-news","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81987"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81989,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81987\/revisions\/81989"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}