The Peoples Democratic Party,
PDP, Board of Trustees, BoT, panel will on Thursday meet and screen all
presidential aspirants on its platform ahead of the 2019 general elections.
The panel was set up to discuss
the possibility of having a consensus presidential candidate among the
aspirants.
The 12-man panel, headed by
Senator Walid Jibrin, will first meet in the morning of Thursday before
inviting the aspirants for the screening, according to Punch.
The panel had already contacted
the 13 presidential aspirants for the screening.
The aspirants include a former
Vice President, Atiku Abubakar; Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal;
Governor of Gombe State, Ibrahim Dankwambo; a former Governor of Kano State,
Rabiu Kwankwaso; and a former Governor of Sokoto State, Attahiru Bafarawa
Also invited are: President of
the Senate, Bukola Saraki; a former President of the Senate, David Mark; a
former Minister of Special Duties and Inter Governmental Relations, Tanimu
Turaki (SAN); a former Governor of Plateau State, Jona Jang; and a former
Governor of Kaduna State, Ahmed Makarfi.
Others are: a former Governor of
Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido; Dr Datti Baba-Ahmed and Usifo Stanley.
During the meeting, the aspirants
would be persuaded to have meetings among themselves and see if they could
agree on a consensus candidate.
The Chairman of the panel,
Jubril, confirmed that the board would meet with the aspirants.
“We will meet them on Thursday in
Abuja, but I will not tell you the location.
“We are talking with the
aspirants and I have hope that they will all work together for the progress of
our party which will make us win the presidential election in 2019,” he said.
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