President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met the Sokoto State Governor and presidential hopeful, Aminu Tambuwal, behind closed doors at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Naija News learned that the governor arrived at the State House around 11:15 am to inform the president of his presidential ambition under the platform of the PDP.
This development comes days after the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) chose former Senate President Bukola Saraki and Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State as the northern consensus candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Other presidential aspirants that were in the PDP’s consensus arrangement included governor Tambuwal and former Managing Director of FSB International Bank, Mohammed Hayatu-Deen.
Reacting, Tambuwal rejected the endorsement of Saraki and Mohammed as the opposition PDP’s northern consensus candidates.
Speaking through the Tambuwal Campaign Organization, TCO, Director of Mobilization, Nicholas Msheliza, Tambuwal accused Saraki of being behind the purported endorsement.
While stating the endorsement was not the true reflection of their recent meeting, the Governor said they had agreed that the issue of a consensus arrangement was not working.
Governor Tambuwal also explained how Saraki circulated messages on the emergence of Northern consensus candidates.
More to come…
This article was originally published on Nigeria News
