Nigeria’s ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on aspirants interested in contesting the 2015 presidential election to come forward to the party`s national secretariat to pick the nomination and expression of interest forms.The party had earlier adopted President Goodluck Jonathan as the sole candidate of the party for the 2015 presidential election, but a barrage of criticisms and protests from opposition parties and some PDP members, the party has reversed itself and throws open the contest.
A statement issued by Mr Olisa Metuh, the party`s National Publicity Secretary in Abuja on Monday said: “All aspirants who paid for nomination forms, including the Presidential Form, but yet to collect same should come to the PDP National Secretariat with verifiable evidence of payment for purposes of collection of their forms.”
The statement noted, however, that aspirants to all positions for the 2015 general elections should note that the deadline for the purchase and collection of all nomination forms had been extended to November 6.
Two members of the PDP had earlier claimed that they paid for the nomination forms of the party but the party failed to issue the forms to them.
The duo are Dr. Abdul Jhalil Tafawa-Balewa, son of Nigeria`s first Prime Minister, Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa-Balewa, and Prof. Akasuba Abiola, wife of late Chief M.K.O. Abiola.
