Nigeria, Aug. 27 -- Senate Minority Leader Abba Moro said Tuesday that there are ongoing talks to convince former President Goodluck Jonathan, ex-Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi and Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde to join the 2027 presidential race on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) platform.

Mr Moro, a PDP stalwart, who served as the Minister of Interior during Mr Jonathan's administration, disclosed that top members of the PDP approached the former president as well as Governor Makinde to persuade them to give the presidency a shot in 2027.

For Mr Obi, the senator said that while the party had not officially met with the former Labour Party presidential candidate, there are ongoing moves by top personalities of the pa...