EXCLUSIVE: David Mark, Lamido, Dankwambo To Step Down For Tambuwal ‘Within 48 Hours’ - Sahara Reporters

High-wire, last-minute political horse-trading is likely to see at least three Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirants step down for Aminu Tambuwal, Governor of Sokoto State, SaharaReporters has been told.

Tambuwal is favourite to clinch the ticket, as he has the backing of Nyesom WIke, Governor of Rivers State, who is currently the party’s biggest financier.

The Tambuwal group is said to be pushing, and has made considerable progress, for the withdrawal of Sule Lamido, former Governor of Jigawa State and former Foreign Affairs Minister; David Mark, former Senate President, Niger State Governor and Communications Minister; and Ibrahim Dankwambo, the outgoing Governor of Gombe State, from the race to support the former House of Representatives Spesker.

“The Tambuwal camp has been able to reach out to some of the aspirants,” said a source very familiar with ongoing 59th-minute-of-the-eleventh hour meetings.

“They have been able to get David Mark, Lamido, Dankwambo to step down for Tambuwal between today and at the convention ground tomorrow. For now that is the plan.

“They are also trying to work with Kwanwaso but he has not given them any positive response for now. They are working on Ahmed Makarfi as well.”

However, according to the source, the proposed withdrawal of these aspirants is only part of a larger scheme to ensure Tambuwal emerges winner at all costs. The main scheme, he says, is to tamper with the delegates list.

“There is a process of selecting delegates across the states. For states where they have loyalists, and for states where they have governors who dance to the tune of Wike, they are trying to manufacture some delegates.

“You have statutory delegates, automatic delegates. Automatic delegates are the EXCO members, statutory delegates are former governors, former deputy governors and members of the House of Assembly and so on, while there are also delegates from the local governments. Now, most aspirants don’t know who is who across the states, since they’re coming from the national level.

“So what they did was that they put two, three up to 10 names that are a bit shady on the final delegates list; you cannot trace them as members of the House of Assembly, you cannot trace them as Local Government EXCO. For example, for states where they have 10 members of the House of Assembly that are members of PDP, they tried to make it 15 or 20. And it’s a total of around 700 that, if push comes to shove, they would use for Tambuwal as guaranteed delegates.

“But they are also doing that to justify the shady delegates list they’re preparing. If these guys step down, it will look to the people as though the supporters of these aspirants were the ones who voted for Tambuwal.”

When contacted, Simeon Nwakaudu, Tambuwal's spokesman, declined to react.

Source: http://saharareporters.com/2018/10/05/exclusive-david-mark-lamido-dankwambo-step-down-tambuwal-%E2%80%98within-48-hours%E2%80%99

tambuwal?
lol...
PDP are not serious at all...
easy peasy for buhari if tambu clinches that ticket...
only atiku has the clout to pose a threat next year

Lalasticlala which kind news be this one again?? you're bigger than this naa

nice one.

Nigerian politics is so irritating.

After all the arguments & e-fights, they'll end up doing whatever they like & even shake hands over it.

Nigeria politics is for the unintelligent.

No brains all brawn.

Barondenigeria:
Lalasticlala which kind news be this one again?? you're bigger than this naa

What is this one saying?
Lmao

Good, lord let this be true

The only thing i know is that thief wike is working for buhari with all his might and with his last strength .
By now , fr mbaka will be regretting for prophesying what the jobless aggressive lazy idiotic pigs of bia-fra terrorist told him that dankwambo will rule over them.

If this news is true, it is save to assume that most PDP governors are now in bed with Tambuwal and obviously, it is the end of the road for Atiku's presidential ambition. Saraki will go back to the senate as expected while Kwakwanso will either come back to APC or move to contest on the platform of a smaller party. I don't see Kwakwanso supporting Tambuwal.

And what's in this for David Mark? A possible return as senate president if PDP can win majority seats in the senate maybe. Saraki and Atiku may end up as the biggest losers in 2019. We wait and see.

Btw, Sai Wike! The new kid on the block.

fd

Funny

Governor General Wike well done ooo!
I'm enjoying how you've set to dash the hope of Ipob faithful who are craving for their looting masters in either Saraki or Atiku.

they knew they were not going to win sef , so it is better they step down now voluntarily than lose woefully

Nyesom wike is a mole and a traitor in PDP....why backing such an unpopular candidate so that Buhari will have his way

Meaning That it is a battle between Saraki, Tambuwa AND Atiku.

So all those noise Kwokwanso has been making is for nothing


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKsuOJWUUQc

They should better go with Saraki or Atiku tambuwal is still learning politics

ok here is it Saraki to step down for Atiku and Atiku to nominate Ben Bruce for vice president

If this news is confirmed true, it would be the first time in about two years that Sahara reporters would really give a genuine out of the world breaking news

LuciferKristi:
Nigerian politics is so irritating.

After all the arguments & e-fights, they'll end up doing whatever they like & even shake hands over it.

Nigeria politics is for the unintelligent.

No brains all brawn.

That's why Biafrans are not needed in Nigeria's politics.

Timinho23:
If this news is confirmed true, it would be the first time in about two years that Sahara reporters would really give a genuine out of the world breaking news

See this one, keep sleeping on a bicycle. Even GEJ confirmed that he heard of his own brother's death from SR.

More to come.....we De look like village people....

This is politics. I'm in love the the drama. Keep it coming. PDP will remain the center come 2019

DidierDrogba:
Nyesom wike is a mole and a traitor in PDP....why backing such an unpopular candidate so that Buhari will have his way

...Wike...

K

I think he is the best of all the contestants.

WIKE IS WORKING FOR APC BEHIND DOORS,DEJI WAS RIGHT.

truly wike is working for buhari
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Fake news
Dankwambo has denied it now