{"id":176535,"date":"2025-08-28T22:11:38","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T21:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/pdp-considers-jonathan-obi-for-2027-presidential-ticket"},"modified":"2025-08-28T23:36:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T22:36:57","slug":"pdp-considers-jonathan-obi-for-2027-presidential-ticket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/pdp-considers-jonathan-obi-for-2027-presidential-ticket","title":{"rendered":"PDP Considers Jonathan Obi for 2027 Presidential Ticket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has said that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is considering former President Goodluck Jonathan and Peter Obi for its presidential ticket ahead of the 2027 general elections.<\/p>\n<p>Mohammed made this known on Thursday while responding to questions in an interview on Politics Today, a programme on Channels Television.<\/p>\n<p>The chairman of the PDP Governors\u2019 Forum said the party is open to celebrated politicians who can make an impact on its presidential ambition.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if the PDP had approached Obi, the Bauchi governor said, \u201cOf course, he\u2019s one of the most celebrated politicians too. And of course, you see him within the coalition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDefinitely, we are not sleeping. Only that we don\u2019t make noise. There are so many politicians. I even had a session with former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi. I have not been sleeping. I have to make sure I do my homework to make sure people come in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are some of the decisions that are left to Peter Obi. I have discussed with him, and I told him the PDP is open to all those celebrated politicians who can come and add value to our presidential drive or ambition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has said that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is considering former President Goodluck Jonathan and Peter Obi for its presidential ticket ahead of the 2027 general elections. Mohammed made this known on Thursday while responding to questions in an interview on Politics Today, a programme on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":176534,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,16],"tags":[629,1635,254,4891],"class_list":["post-176535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-bala-mohammed","tag-jonathan","tag-nigeria","tag-obi"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PDP Considers Jonathan Obi for 2027 Presidential Ticket - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has said that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is considering former President ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/pdp-considers-jonathan-obi-for-2027-presidential-ticket\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PDP Considers Jonathan Obi for 2027 Presidential Ticket\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has said that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is considering former President ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/pdp-considers-jonathan-obi-for-2027-presidential-ticket\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-28T21:11:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-28T22:36:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1756408186.999079.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/pdp-considers-jonathan-obi-for-2027-presidential-ticket#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/pdp-considers-jonathan-obi-for-2027-presidential-ticket\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"PDP Considers Jonathan Obi for 2027 Presidential Ticket\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-28T21:11:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-28T22:36:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/pdp-considers-jonathan-obi-for-2027-presidential-ticket\"},\"wordCount\":219,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/pdp-considers-jonathan-obi-for-2027-presidential-ticket#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1756408186.999079.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Bala Mohammed\",\"jonathan\",\"Nigeria\",\"Obi\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/pdp-considers-jonathan-obi-for-2027-presidential-ticket#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/pdp-considers-jonathan-obi-for-2027-presidential-ticket\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/pdp-considers-jonathan-obi-for-2027-presidential-ticket\",\"name\":\"PDP Considers Jonathan Obi for 2027 Presidential Ticket - 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