There are strong indications that the decision of the Northern Leaders Political Forum to pick a consensus candidate to contest the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential ticket with President Goodluck Jonathan may end up in a stalemate.
Already, some of the core aspirants being considered by the NPLF consensus committee have commenced discrete contingency arrangements, even as they await the decision of the committee.
All the four contestants in the consensus committee arrangement are involved in nationwide campaigns for their individual aspirations, thus giving the indication that the so-called gentleman’s agreement to abide by the decision reached by the committee might not stand.
As part of their campaigns, it was gathered that two of the aspirants – former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and Kwara State Governor, Dr. Bukola Saraki – had contacted the Tunji Egbetokun faction of the Ogun State House of Assembly for support during the PDP presidential primaries.
The Ogun Speaker, Egbetokun, confirmed that some of the northern aspirants, except former military president Ibrahim Babangida, had been making contacts individually with members of the G15 lawmakers in the Ogun State Assembly.
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