The Vice President, Namadi Sambo, on Thursday, said that the north has no consensus candidate for the 2011 elections.
Mr Sambo, speaking to journalists at the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos, said that the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has a constitution that is to be observed in the selection of presidential candidate. “Who said that there is a consensus candidate for the north?,” he said. “Who said so, because we are not aware of any northern consensus candidate. Our understanding differs but the north has no consensus candidate for this election for PDP.”
Explaining that the Adamu Ciroma led campaign for a consensus candidate for the north is not recognized by the party, Mr Sambo said that the party’s constitution must be followed, adding that the party will abide by the election time table put forward by the Independent and National Electoral Commission (INEC). “PDP has constitutional avenues,” he said. “We have a party constitution on how we select our candidates for our different positions for the elections. Just two days ago, INEC presented the time table and I can assure you that the PDP will follow that time table. We follow the constitutional processes for the election of our candidates and I can assure you Nigerians that Jonathan/Sambo ticket means transformation for this country and this will transform Nigeria for future developments.”
On Monday, former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, was named the consensus candidate of the north by the Northern Political Leaders Forum (NPLF). Mr Abubakar beat three other presidential aspirants on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to clinch the ticket.
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