Nigeria, May 26 -- Despite a certificate forgery scandal on his neck, a former Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, has emerged as the 2027 Enugu State's governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)

His candidacy, however, is of the faction loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike.

Mr Nnaji polled 7,424 votes to defeat another aspirant, Samson Nnamani, who scored 600 votes during the PDP governorship primary election held in Enugu on Monday.

The Chairperson of Enugu's PDP governorship election committee, Austin Nwachukwu, conducted the exercise.

Recall that a two-year painstaking investigation published by PREMIUM TIMES in October 2025 uncovered how the then-minister fo...