Presidency, PDP NWC pick Bankole as consensus gov candidate in Ogun. There was strong indication on Thursday, that the Presidency and the National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have finally resolved all issues surrounding the selection of a governorship candidate in the Ogun State chapter of the party. A source, who was privy to the meeting informed the Nigerian Tribune that the meeting, held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday night, was reported to be chaired by the national chairman of the party, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu. The source, who does not want his name in print, also said that former speaker, Dimeji Bankole, had been picked as the party’s standard-bearer. It was also gathered that ex-governor, Gbenga Daniel, former Minister of State for Finance, Senator Jubril Martins-Kuye and some selected leaders of the party were in attendance. However, the chairman of mobilisation and organisation, Prince Buruji Kashamu, was said to be absent from the meeting. Nigerian Tribune learnt that the meeting also had an arrangement that other elective positions should be shared among the three party bigwigs. The source also said that the Ogun Central senatorial ticket would be handed over to wife of the foremost Ijaw leader, Dr Bisola Sodipo-Clark, while Daniel and Kashamu were to determine who gets Ogun East and West senatorial tickets. The nine House of Representatives seats, according to the source, were to be shared equally among the three, with each taking three slots. Fifteen out of 26 State House of Assembly seats were said to be reserved for Bankole, while Daniel and Kashamu would control the remaining 11 seats. DB 2015..... O ti se se!!! tribune.ng/news/news-headlines/item/23328-presidency-pdp-nwc-pick-bankole-as-consensus-gov-candidate-in-ogun
Posted on: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 07:57:13 +0000
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