Turaki Submits PDP Chairmanship Nomination Form
Former Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs , Kabiru Turaki, SAN, has submitted his Expression of Interest and Nomination Forms to contest for the position of National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party.
Turaki, who has been adopted as a consensus candidate for the position by majority of stakeholders of the party, submitted his forms to the National Convention Organising Committee Secretariat at the Legacy House, Shehu Shagari Way, Maitama, Abuja, on Monday.
The former minister was accompanied to the PDP secretariat by friends and political associates.
Recall that at its 102nd National Executive Committee meeting held on August 25 in Abuja, the PDP resolved to zone its 2027 presidential ticket to the South while reserving the National Chairmanship slot for the North.
The party will hold its 2025 Elective National Convention between November 15–16, 2025, in Ibadan, Oyo State.
PDP, in a statement issued on October 25, 2025, named a 13-member National Convention Screening Committee to vet aspirants for national offices ahead of the convention.
According to the statement by the party’s National Convention Organising Committee and signed by its Chairman, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, who is also the Governor of Adamawa State, the screening exercise will take place on Tuesday, October 28, 2025.
The committee will be chaired by a former Ondo State governorship candidate and respected legal luminary, Eyitayo Jegede, SAN.
The northern PDP stakeholders had over the weekend endorsed former Turaki as their consensus candidate for the chairmanship role.
But some factions of PDP, including those allied to Lamido and another senior leader, Nyesom Wike, have rejected Turaki’s endorsement, arguing that the process lacked proper consultation, indicating growing tensions within the party, which has, over the month seen its key members resign.
