Barring any last-minute change in plan, the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will, at its National Executive Committee
meeting on Monday (today), ratify a former governor of Bauchi state,
Adamu Mu’azu, as its new national chairman, party and presidency sources have said.
The usually reliable
sources told PREMIUM TIMES early Monday morning that Mr. Mu’azu
emerged the consensus candidate for the job after a rash of meetings
involving President Goodluck Jonathan, PDP governors and other
influential chieftains of the party, including Vice President Namadi Sambo and President of the
Senate, David Mark.
Mr. Mu’azu, who will now
replace Bamanga Tukur,who was forced out ofvoffice Thursday, emerged ahead of Minister of
Transport, Idris Umar, a former Minister of Commerce, Idris Waziri,
former Acting National Secretary of the party, Musa Babayo, a former
party spokesperson, Ahmed Rufai Alkali and a former minister of the
Federal Capital Territory, Ibrahim Bunu, who were all widely reported to have jostled for the
position.
A party source familiar with the maneuverings and negotiations that threw up Mr. Mu’azu said
President Jonathan actually preferred Minister Umar for the
position but was outfoxed
by governors from the
North-East geopolitical zone who all rooted for Mr. Mu’azu.
When Mr. Jonathan tried
to insist on Mr. Umar,
insiders say, the North-
East governors reminded
him of how they deferred to him two years ago when he insisted on Mr. Tukur for the position in
spite of massive opposition from the zone.
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