Ex-Jigawa Governor, Sule Lamido
Former governor of Jigawa State, Alh. Sule Lamido has debunked media reports that some Northern Elders have shortlisted two of our prominent and deserving aspirants as consensus PDP Presidential Candidates
He said that after having widely consulted party leaders across the 19 Northern States and FCT, “it is hereby stated to our teeming party members and the general public that what is reported in the media is only the personal opinion of those who issued the statement and not the position of the PDP members in the North!
“Discussions are ongoing with all the aspirants in our party with a view to having a National Consensus if possible or at least working towards having a smooth acrimony free National Convention.
The position of the Northern Elders is not only injurious to the North but equally injurious to the Northern Aspirants!
Yesterday reports had it that Prof Ango Abdullahi of the Northern Elders Forum had signed a statement that former President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki and Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state have been selected as Northern Consensus presidential candidates of the PDP, “for now.”
Apart from Lamido who has denounced it, Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state who said he was privy to the arrangement but refused to support it because of its exclusivity, also issued a statement to fault the arrangement.
