PDP presidential primaries: Aspirants fault P-Harcourt venue

ABUJA— Ahead of October 6 presidential convention of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, slated for Port Harcourt, some aspirants are against the use of the Rivers State capital for the all-important event.

The aspirants, Vanguard gathered, are not comfortable with Port Harcourt and are demanding an alternative venue.

It would be recalled that last Thursday, when the PDP governors and National Working Committee, NWC, of the party held a meeting with the aspirants, the governors had picked Port Harcourt, ditching Enugu and Akwa Ibom, on the excuse that Port Harcourt had more hotel space than the two states.


In that meeting, which held at Ekiti State Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja, the governors had also kicked against consensus option, preferring the use of primary election to pick the flag bearer.

It was further gathered that in the meeting, one of the aspirants, Atiku Abubakar, had questioned the rationale behind the choice of Port Harcourt.

A source close to the PDP Governors’ Forum and the aspirants said that the aspirants were holding out for a different venue.

“They are asking for a different venue. Among the venues being considered are Lagos, Delta and Akwa Ibom,’’ the source said.

The 13 presidential aspirants vying for the PDP presidential ticket include former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar; Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal; Gombe State Governor, Ibrahim Dankwambo; Senate President, Bukola Saraki; former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido; hisbKaduna state counterpart, Ahmed Makarfi; and a former Special Duties Minister, Tanimu Turaki.

Others include former President of the Senate, David Mark; a former governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso; ex- governor of Sokoto state, Attahiru Bafarawa; a former Plateau State governor, Jonah Jang; ex-lawmaker, Senator Datti Baba-Ahmed and Stanley Osifo.

ashcall:
Bayelsa state would have been a great option.So doing the former president would have been on ground to led them

xbernardx:
The real controller of PDP, every other person is a figure head

Big dogs don't bark

kcmichael:
Pdp on self distruct

raumdeuter:
Moving it to Wikes home base.

You think WIke will be financing the party for many years and wont have a say in the ticket

Austindark:
Wherever they do it is not my problem, as long as they can give us a credible candidate to unseat the "lifeless" one.

#Enough is enough

yarimo:
Mteeeewwwww as if changing PDP presidential primary election venue, will stop majority of Nigerians from voting president BUHARI as president in 2019 presidential election.

mathew2oa:
I don't mind if the venue is moved to the Moon but they should pick an indomitable flag bearer that can disgrace and defeat the catastrophic calamity we have as president. Buhari is not a normal president