2027 polls: Samson Nnamani dismisses factionalization claims after winning PDP guber ticket

Amid the multiple primary elections held by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Enugu State, Chief Samson Nnamani has declared that he is the authentic governorship candidate of the party. 

MEDIA TODAY recalls that two other primary elections had produced Chief Uche Nnaji and Chief Dona Nwogbo at different venues in the state. 

However, addressing journalists at the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Enugu Press Centre, Nnamani said he was validly elected on Sunday 24th May 2026.

Speaking through Dr. Buchi Nnaji, Media Director and Spokesperson of Chief Sampson Chukwu Nnamani, he said there was no faction in the PDP, adding that the Supreme Court had since laid the matter to rest. 

Nnanami also dismissed his purported suspension by another faction of the party, describing it as an action driven by desperation. 

“You said you suspended somebody, and on the day you conducted what you called, primary, where you did your kangaroo election, you recognized the same person you suspended and counted votes for him. 

“Samson Nnamani went for primaries. He is the only person that you can say participated actively in mobilizing PDP members for primary elections. 

“We have the records in all the 17 local governments. The other people were afraid of facing the election. That was why they started coming up with these fraudulent ways. 

“Most of the things we hear are rumours. So be properly guided, please. Let us put PDP together. These people are trying to silence the opposition, and we will not accept that. PDP is strong. 

“The primary election that brought Samson Nnamani to be the flagbearer was duly supervised by officials sent from Abuja and the INEC, and members of the electoral panel declared him winner,” he stated.

Nnamani then said the PDP administration if voted into power would review and remove policies and practices that were truncating the wellbeing, economic survival, and social advancement of the citizens.