The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has warned the general public not to pay attention to campaign posters indicating former President Goodluck Jonathan as a presidential aspirant for the 2027 election on the platform of some political parties in the country.
The PDP in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Ini Ememobong, said Jonathan is still a bona fide and committed member of the party.
Photos of Jonathan, alone or with other notable Nigerians as running mates, are circulating widely on social media platforms as fake, the statement said.
Ememobong quickly told members of the public that double registration is not only prohibited under the provisions of the electoral act but also punishable.
He said the fake posters were spread by mischief makers and advised members of the public to ignore them.
During their meeting with him on Friday, Jonathan still reiterated his membership of the PDP, Ememobong said.
Campaign posters with photographs of President Goodluck Jonathan, alone or paired with other prominent Nigerians as running mate, have emerged and are circulating widely on social media platforms.
These posters also wrongly show him as a member of the different political parties whose logos are on them.
We want to state categorically that President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is a registered member of the Peoples Democratic Party under the able leadership of Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, SAN. He properly registered himself in his ward during the just ended digital membership registration exercise, a fact he personally confirmed to members of the Interim National Working Committee during a meeting with him yesterday.
“This clarification is necessitated by the provisions of the extant Electoral Act which not only prohibits double registration but also makes it an offence.
“We know that mischief makers may not only design and circulate fake campaign posters, but may also, in concert with highly placed collaborators, attempt to input the details of President Jonathan and other prominent members of our party and the opposition movement into the databases of different political parties.
The statement by the PDP read, “We therefore put the public, especially the Independent National Electoral Commission, on notice of this malfeasance and urge them to discountenance any such fraudulent activity.”
