{
  "id": 3674343,
  "title": "Kaduna NDC in deep crisis over competing claims to governorship ticket",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/kaduna-ndc-in-deep-crisis-over-competing-claims-to-governorship-ticket",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-27T04:49:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/08/27/kaduna-ndc-in-deep-crisis-over-competing-claims-to-governorship-ticket/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) in Kaduna State is facing a significant internal crisis over competing claims to the governorship ticket for the 2027 election. Party state chairman Evangelist Mordecai Ibrahim declared on Wednesday that no candidate has been validly recognized for the election. This uncertainty has arisen due to claims from former Senator Danjuma Tellah La'ah and lawyer Mohammed Sani Abbas. Ibrahim emphasized that both the state and national levels are yet to resolve the decision, stating, \"the bitter truth is that both at the state and national levels, the decision as to who is the governorship candidate of Kaduna State, whether Barrister Mohammed Sani Abbas or Senator Danjuma Tellah La'ah, has not been taken.\" Ibrahim had previously served as the recognized governorship candidate but voluntarily withdrew from the race. He confirmed that his withdrawal letter, dated August 7, was received by the NDC National Chairman and the Kaduna State Resident Electoral Commissioner. Ibrahim also displayed an INEC summary of candidates nominated for the 2027 election, which still listed him as the NDC governorship candidate. The situation has led to a new contest over who should take over the party's ticket, with La'ah and Abbas making separate claims. Ibrahim maintained that the party must follow the appropriate internal electoral procedure, suggesting that a substitution primary election is the only valid option. Abbas, however, insists he remains the legitimate candidate and continues to claim he won a governorship primary, a statement Ibrahim dismissed as false. The controversy has created tensions within the NDC as the party prepares for the 2027 election, with the Kaduna State Working Committee endorsing Ibrahim's position.",
  "summary": "The governorship ticket of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) in Kaduna State has been thrown into fresh uncertainty, with the party’s state chairman, Evangelist Mordecai Ibrahim, declaring that no candidate has yet been validly recognised for the 2027 election. Ibrahim made the clarification on Wednesday at a press conference in Kaduna, amid competing claims by […] Kaduna NDC in deep crisis…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}