Several presidential aspirants on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have reportedly kicked against the decision of the party to reduce the number of the aspirants or choose a consensus candidate.
Recall that the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT) after a meeting on Sunday, September 9, set upa committee to liaise with all thepresidential aspirants to discuss the possibility of havinga consensus candidate.
However, The Punch reports that some presidential aspirants including ex-Vice-President Atiku Abubakar; the President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, and a former governor of Kano state, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, on Monday disagreed with the party’s call for a consensus candidate.
At separate fora on Monday, thethree of them expressed readiness to go for the primary and test their popularity among the members.
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