At the Presidential Villa in Abuja, President Muhammadu Buhari is meeting with Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State.
Tambuwal’s meeting with Buhari came only days after his rupture with the Peoples Democratic Party.
Former Senate President Bukola Saraki and Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed were chosen as consensus candidates by a group of Northern Elders led by Prof. Ango Abdullahi, acting on the order of former Head of State Ibrahim Babangida.
According to the spokesperson of The Media Office of Bukola Saraki, Yusuf Olaniyonu, “this decision that has been taken in the north will also be taken by the elders in the south. Therefore, they’ll have to do a similar thing.
“The elders considered the unity of the north. They considered that the northwest had a fair share of the presidency. Only the North-central and Northeast have not produced before. So they said, let’s look at those two.
“The two of them will sit down, discuss among themselves and arrive at one. They will meet their counterparts from the south to make them stabilize the number in the south using the principle of equity, justice, and fairness. So, we will have a small number going into the primaries. So, it’s a work in progress.”
Tambuwal, Governor Mohammed, Saraki, and Mohammed Hayatu-Deen, the former Managing Director of FSB International Bank, were among the PDP presidential aspirants involved in the deal.
Tambuwal has subsequently distanced himself from the Committee and its operations, stating that he will press on with his campaign for the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential nomination regardless of the outcome.
