TOWARDS 2019: PDP Shortlists 6 Politicians For Presidential Elections…See List

Ahead of 2019 general elections, the leadership of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) is reportedly banking on seven people to challenge the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the presidential contest.

The PDP’s plan is in place whether or not President Muhammadu Buhari is going to seek re-election in the poll scheduled to hold on February 16, 2019.

It was gathered that New Telegraph was reliably informed by high ranking sources within the main opposition party that the PDP is banking on the candidacy of five of its members and two others expected to come from the APC.

The two APC stalwarts expected to join the PDP are a former Governor of Kano state, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and a serving northern governor.

“The PDP is working on one of the APC governors as its presidential candidate. The governor has a broad-based support and acceptable to many of the PDP governors and stakeholders.

“I can tell you that some powerful forces in the opposition party are rooting for the APC governor as the possible presidential candidate of the PDP in 2019 election,” a stalwart of the PDP said.

The PDP members, who are expected to run for the Presidency are:

1. The former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar

2. A former Governor of Jigawa state, Alhaji Sule Lamido

3. A former Governor of Kaduna state and immediate past chairman of the national caretaker committee of PDP, Senator Ahmed Makarfi

4. A former Kano state governor, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau

5. The Governor of Gombe state, Ibrahim Dankwambo

6. A former governor of Kano, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwakwanso

An official of the PDP said that the party was banking on the candidacy of the seven people, irrespective of whether Buhari runs or not.

It was gathered that Atiku currently ranks highest in the party’s consideration, with Dankwambo, Makarfi, Shekarau and Lamido following.

That is based on the fact that Kwankwaso and the governor have not formally defected. “For now, these are the seven candidates we are working with.

We may eventually prune them down to only two when the time comes. “But that would not happen by fiat. It would just be for the candidates to come out in the open, make themselves visible to the people.

We will look at their acceptability and know which direction we would go,” he said.

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