The Board of Trustees (BoT) of
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday, said it had set up a 12-member
committee to discuss with the party’s 13 presidential aspirants, in order to
pick one of them as consensus candidate.
It, however, did not disclose the
members of the committee.
Those in the race for the
presidential ticket of the PDP are: former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar;
Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal; Gombe State Governor, Ibrahim Dankwabo;
President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki; former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule
Lamido; former Governor of Kaduna State, Ahmed Makarfi; former Plateau State
Governor, Jonah Jang; and former President of the Senate, David Mark.
Others are: former Minister
Special Duties Duties and Inter-governmental Affairs, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki;
former Governor of Kano State, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso; former Governor of Sokoto State,
Attahiru Bafarawa; Mr. Stanley Osifo and a former Senator, Baba Datti Ahmed.
The BoT chairman, Senator Walid
Jibrin, told This Day that the committee would try to convince the aspirants
about the dangers of having such a large number aspirants in the race.
Jibrin insisted that the
committee would not compel any of the aspirants to withdraw from the race, but
rather, “they would be persuaded to put the interest of the party above their
personal interests and ambitions”.
He said: “A committee has been
set up to discuss with all the aspirants to come up with one of them as a
consensus candidate. We have 13 of them in the race.
“We have also advised the
leadership of the party to regulate the processes and draw a code of conduct to
guide the conduct and behaviour of the aspirants and officials to be engaged in
the selection process.
“Consequently, the BoT has
forwarded its full recommendations to the National Working Committee (NWC) of
the PDP for consideration.”
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