A former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, has said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s stakeholders were yet to agree on a consensus candidate among the aspirants from the zone vying for the position.
The clarification came after media reports that Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, and former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, have emerged as consensus northern presidential candidates of the party.
In a statement he personally signed on Saturday, he said discussion were still going with the aspirants with a view to having a national consensus that would be acceptable to all.
He said, “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 FCT, it is hereby stated to our teeming Party members and the general public that what is reported in the Media is 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 a 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!”
