2019 presidency: PDP shops for serving gov
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is considering the option of fielding a serving governor as its presidential candidate for the 2019 general elections.

PDP chieftains who spoke with our correspondent, yesterday, explained that the party needed someone who would be covered by executive immunity till May 29, 2019.

‎A former member of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) who preferred anonymity said the party was exploring several other options as well but that getting a saleable serving governor would reduce a lot of stress.

‎”You can’t rule out the possibility of the PDP fielding a serving governor but we are being painstaking in the process of selecting our presidential candidate,” he said.
“The overall objective is to get that person that can defeat President Buhari; someone who will not be arrested later for alleged corruption. So we are exploring several options, including fielding a serving governor from the North,” he said.

‎Our correspondent reports that the PDP has only two serving governors from the North, Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo of Gombe State who is rounding off his second term and Darius Ishaku of Taraba State who is in his first term.

The PDP had zoned its presidential ticket to the North even as some sources said its searchlight for a credible candidate would go beyond party affiliation.
A source said Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State is also being considered for the ticket on grounds of his youthful age and immunity.

Tambuwal is still in the All Progressives Congress (APC) but insiders say PDP leaders were mounting pressure on him to return, banking on the grievances of the nPDP members within the APC.

The PDP spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan in a text message on whether the party was shopping for a serving governors said, “PDP is open and our party will create the requisite enabling environment for all aspirants seeking to be president on the platform of our party.”

‎A founding member of the PDP, Alhaji Aminu Yakudima, told our correspondent in a telephone interview that it was better to field someone who would not disappoint Nigerians after winning the polls.

“It is about people who can deliver and especially those who are conversant with the manifesto of the party and the political terrain generally; people who can deliver.
“If you present a governor who is not doing well in the state, for instance, you are more or less creating more problems for the people. If you do that you are doing a disservice to Nigeria,” he said.

TonyeBarcanista:
Another gossip mill... PDP Presidential ticket was on and lost on December 9, 2017 at Eagles Square during the PDP National Convention that brought the present NWC members to power.

madridguy:
Hope your alternative party APDA still dey active?

SamuelAnyawu:
Atiku we know

TonyeBarcanista:

Lols na there Okorocha wan go as dem don knack am akpako for Imo?

ManirBK:
Is Looter Jonathan death, Why another aspirant?

TonyeBarcanista:

Funny!

Markaffi cannot slug it out with PMB . Deep down in your heart you know this, but surely i understand

SamuelAnyawu:


Markaffi cannot slug it out with PMB . Deep down in your heart you know this, but surely i understand

madridguy:
Okorocha the greedy man. I'm glad they knack am serious akpako, after 8 years you still want to continue another 8 years using your son inlaw as a proxy
Bro, I don tire for Nigeria patapata. I need someone to show me where to shop for USA/Canada visa.

Bethel4Life:
with due respect sir, ur engrish can make a person ejaculate without even knowing

igbodefender:
We know it is Governor Dankwabo that is being reffered to. Dankwabo is a good guy from what we have seen so far. But the strategic objective of our times is achieving Igbo Presidency in 2023.

How does that seat with Dankwabo? If Dankwabo wins a first term in 2019, by 2023, his supporters will pressure him to run for a second term, whether he likes it or not.

Buhari is running for a second term. By 2023 he would be done. The North would have server 8 years. It would be the turn of the Igbos to produce the president. 2023 is a spiritual date as far as Ndigbo are concerned. It is the date the Igbos will symbolically return to feeling a full sense of belonging as Nigerians.[b]lgbos are not in a hurry. We can wait

Buhari till 2023; Igbo Presidency 2023.

PS: My friend TonyeBarcanister, sorry I have to mention you here, but since you are a very popular Nairalander in PDP, many will want to know your reaction to this news.

TonyeBarcanista:

I am sick and tired of repeating same lines.

Atiku CANNOT win PDP ticket and Makarfi will defeat Buhari by landslide even in Northwest save Kano.

Atiku's case is non-issue to us, we are only awaiting the official declaration of the incoming president. The day he declares will be the final nail on Atiku's presidential campaign coffin.

Politics is about structure not noise... Learn from Ekiti!

Oni and Ojodu made most noise but Fayemi, was the last to formally declare and won because he had the APC structure intact. You can't come from nowhere and expect to upstage one that led the group and placed his men in key positions before exiting the stage.

Markaffi will defeat Buhari here in the North?

Esseite:


He maybe the reason for the fifa commentation in hausa... longman de learn where that guy dey.

TonyeBarcanista:

See as your Buhari don make Naija tire you... Shame

madridguy:
Since the era of Sanni abacha I don tire.

TonyeBarcanista:
How old were you during Abacha era?

TonyeBarcanista:

I am sick and tired of repeating same lines.

Atiku CANNOT win PDP ticket and Makarfi will defeat Buhari by landslide even in Northwest save Kano.

Atiku's case is non-issue to us, we are only awaiting the official declaration of the incoming president. The day he declares will be the final nail on Atiku's presidential campaign coffin.

Politics is about structure not noise... Learn from Ekiti!

Oni and Ojodu made most noise but Fayemi, was the last to formally declare and won because he had the APC structure intact. You can't come from nowhere and expect to upstage one that led the group and placed his men in key positions before exiting the stage.

TonyeBarcanista:

I am sick and tired of repeating same lines.

Atiku CANNOT win PDP ticket and Makarfi will defeat Buhari by landslide even in Northwest save Kano.

Atiku's case is non-issue to us, we are only awaiting the official declaration of the incoming president. The day he declares will be the final nail on Atiku's presidential campaign coffin.

Politics is about structure not noise... Learn from Ekiti!

Oni and Ojodu made most noise but Fayemi, was the last to formally declare and won because he had the APC structure intact. You can't come from nowhere and expect to upstage one that led the group and placed his men in key positions before exiting the stage.

TonyeBarcanista:

I am sick and tired of repeating same lines.

Atiku CANNOT win PDP ticket and Makarfi will defeat Buhari by landslide even in Northwest save Kano.

Atiku's case is non-issue to us, we are only awaiting the official declaration of the incoming president. The day he declares will be the final nail on Atiku's presidential campaign coffin.

Politics is about structure not noise... Learn from Ekiti!

Oni and Ojodu made most noise but Fayemi, was the last to formally declare and won because he had the APC structure intact. You can't come from nowhere and expect to upstage one that led the group and placed his men in key positions before exiting the stage.

madridguy:
Was in primary school then.