Key stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Northern States of Nigeria have distanced themselves from reports that some northern elders have shortlisted two prominent and deserving aspirants from the region as consensus PDP presidential candidates.
The denunciation was contained in a statement signed by party stalwart and former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, to that effect.
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“The attention of key stakeholders of the PDP in the Northern states is drawn to reports in the Media that some Northern elders have shortlisted two of our prominent and deserving aspirants as consensus PDP presidential candidates.
“Having widely consulted party leaders across the 19 Northern states and the Federal Capital Territory, it is hereby stated to our teeming party members and the general public that what was reported in the media was 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 to, 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,” the statement reads.
