PDP crisis deepens as factions clash over planned ratification of Jonathan for 2027

The internal crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) worsened on Friday as two warring factions drew battlelines over a planned special convention to ratify former President Goodluck Jonathan as the party’s 2027 presidential candidate.

While the faction backed by Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike dismissed the convention as an illegal “charade,” the rival interim…