The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has warned members of the public to disregard campaign posters depicting 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 remains a bona fide and fully committed member of the party.
The statement described campaign posters bearing the photographs of Jonathan, either alone or paired with other notable Nigerians as running mates, which are being circulated widely on social media platforms as fake.
Ememobong was quick to remind members of the public that double registration is not only prohibited under the provisions of the electoral act, but also punishable.
He added that mischief makers are responsible for spreading the fake posters and urged members of the public to ignore them.
According to Ememobong, Jonathan still affirmed his membership of the PDP during their meeting with him on Friday.
“Campaign posters bearing the photographs of President Goodluck Jonathan, either alone or paired with other notable Nigerians as running mate, have emerged and are being circulated widely on social media platforms.
“These posters also falsely portray him as a member of the various political parties whose logos appear on them.
“We state categorically that President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is a registered member of the Peoples Democratic Party under the capable leadership of Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, SAN. He duly registered personally in his ward during the recently concluded 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 has become necessary in view of the provisions of the extant Electoral Act, under which double registration is not only prohibited but also punishable.
“We are aware 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.
“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,” the PDP statement read.
