President Bola Tinubu’s chances ahead of the 2027 presidential election have encountered another major challenge following the recent decision by the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP).
The PRP officially cleared former Cross River State governor Donald Duke as the party’s presidential candidate for the upcoming general elections.
Donald Duke’s emergence was confirmed after the party completed its assessment of the recently conducted primaries through the PRP Primaries Appeal Committee.
The committee’s report was subsequently reviewed and endorsed by the NWC, paving the way for the former governor’s candidacy.
PRP Nullifies Primary Elections
According to The Punch, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Muhammed Ishaq, announced the ratification in a statement issued in Abuja on Saturday, June 6.
He explained that the NWC also approved the outcomes of the party’s governorship, Senate, House of Representatives, and State Houses of Assembly primaries.
Ishaq stated that all candidates produced through the party’s primary elections had been successfully screened and cleared to participate in the 2027 general elections.
He, however, noted that the lone exception was the primary election for the Tarauni Federal Constituency in Kano State, which remained unresolved as the exercise there had yet to be nullified.
Political observers are expected to pay close attention to the PRP as one of the opposition platforms positioning itself ahead of the 2027 polls.
The party recently gained momentum after Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed, along with two senators from the state, Senator Shehu Buba Umar and Senator Sama’ila Dahuwa, defected from President Tinubu’s All Progressives Congress (APC) to the PRP.
The PRP remains one of Nigeria’s oldest political organisations, with its origins linked to the political ideology and movement championed by the late Mallam Aminu Kano.
In recent years, the party has intensified efforts to strengthen its structure and expand its influence across several northern states as part of a broader rebuilding process.
