”PDP Risk Serious Setbacks Choosing Jonathan, Obi As It 2027 Candidate” – Keyamo

But PDP in a swift reaction, rejected Keyamo’s advice, saying he (minister) could not decide its candidate.

However, in a long post on his X account yesterday, Keyamo said the opposition party remained in a “non-enviable position” after failing to zone its 2023 ticket to the South, a decision, he said, cost the PDP support in its traditional strongholds in the South-South and South-East.

Keyamo argued that nominating Jonathan carried a constitutional danger tied to section 137(3) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), which he suggested could bar anyone sworn in twice as president from contesting again.

“If he is fielded, the party runs the risk of not having a candidate at all,” Keyamo wrote, warning that the Supreme Court would ultimately decide such a legal challenge.

He stated further, “The constitutional amendment was made after the court judgement which cleared him (Jonathan) to run in 2015, so nothing is decided yet on that new amendment; hence, I use the word ‘risk’ advisedly.

‘’All the arguments as to whether the section can be interpreted to affect him will not be decided on social media but at the Supreme Court.

“If he is barred from running after nominations have closed and the PDP is declared as having no candidate, nobody should scream ‘judiciary is corrupt’ because such a large party saw the judicial danger ahead and deliberately ignored it.”