The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has cleared former President Goodluck Jonathan to contest the 2027 presidential election on its platform.

Former Niger State governor, Muazu Babangida Aliyu, who announced this in Abuja on Tuesday, said that Jonathan was given a waiver and did not need to appear before the screening committee.

Dr Aliyu, who is the Chairman of the screening committee, told journalists, “The party had already given a presidential aspirant a waiver from screening.

“As I said in the beginning, he was deputy governor, became governor, became vice president, became president, so we didn’t see anything that needed screening.

“And therefore, the party had given him a waiver. In other words, he has been declared and cleared as a candidate of the PDP for the presidential election, and that is former President Jonathan.”

He also disclosed that the committee has a similar waiver for the National Secretary, Ambassador Taofeek Arapaja, to contest the Oyo State governorship.