Ahead of the 2027 general elections, FCT Minister Nyesom Wike led-faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Wednesday announced the party’s nomination fees.
They pegged the presidential form at ₦51 million and the governorship form at ₦21 million, according to a timetable signed by National Organising Secretary, Umar Bature.
Bature said the faction is expected to submit its membership register to the Independent National Electoral Commission on 21 April 2026 and notify the commission of its primaries the following day, 22 April.
The expression of interest forms will cost ₦1 million across all positions, while nomination fees differ by office, Bature said.
According to him, aspirants for State Houses of Assembly are to pay ₦2 million, House of Representatives ₦3 million, Senate ₦5 million, governorship ₦20 million, and presidential hopefuls ₦50 million.
Furthermore, he said the sales of forms are scheduled to begin on 27 April and close on 4 May, with all completed submissions due by 9 May. Screening for State Assembly, National Assembly and governorship candidates will hold on 11 May, while presidential aspirants will be screened on 12 May.
He said the primaries are slated to follow afterwards. The presidential primary fixed for 18 May, governorship on 27 May, Senate on 23 May, House of Representatives on 21 May, and State Assembly between 21 and 24 May.
Any appeals arising from the process are expected to be by 30 May 2026, Bature stated.
Bature also noted that female aspirants will only be required to pay the expression of interest fee, regardless of the position they are contesting.
The announcement comes as the Supreme Court reserved judgment in an appeal filed by the Kabiru Tanimu Turaki-led PDP faction challenging the nullification of its 2025 national convention, the Port City News (TCPN) gathered.
According to the faction’s National Publicity Secretary, Ini Ememobong, the case involves appeals and cross-appeals from rulings of the Court of Appeal and Federal High Court in Abuja delivered by Justices Omotosho and Lifu.
A five-member panel led by Justice Lawal Garba stated that a date for judgment would be communicated to all parties after lawyers adopted their final written addresses.
The Turaki faction is seeking to overturn the Court of Appeal’s decision of 9 March.
The judgment upheld earlier rulings that invalidated the party’s convention held in Ibadan on 15 and 16 November 2025.
