PDP Primaries: We are ready for a consensus candidate – Ex-Senate President

Former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, says that all the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential hopefuls from the North are ready for a consensus candidate during the party’s primaries without rancour.

He gave the assurance in Bauchi on Sunday when Saraki and Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, also a PDP presidential hopeful, paid a consultative visit to Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State.

Today, I received my Sokoto State counterpart, Gov. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, the President of the 8th Senate; @bukolasaraki and former deputy governor of Zamfara state, Barrister Mahdi Aliyu Gusau. pic.twitter.com/i3MuyC72tv

— Senator Bala A. Mohammed (@SenBalaMohammed) March 20, 2022

Saraki, who addressed journalists, said they found it necessary as stakeholders of the party to meet, brainstorm, and see how things could best work out among them.

“In doing so, we met and discussed that for 2023 ahead of us, the unity and stability of the country and the country’s growth are more important than individual ambitions.

“We also met to strive for the need for us to work together. We believe that the three of us are working together harmoniously, committed, and with a lot of energy, there will be great hope for this country going ahead.

Therefore, even though each of us has indicated an interest in becoming the next President of Nigeria, the three of us have resolved to achieve a consensus amongst us, as a first step, and then hold further discussions with others within the party. pic.twitter.com/UBtN22unFI

— Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki (@bukolasaraki) March 20, 2022

“We appreciate that the three of us have shown aspiration to lead this country, but we also realize that we are all capable, competent, and fit to lead this country.

“It is only one person who will lead this country in 2023, and we also resolved that we are going to work closely to ensure that we come out with a way that consensus arrangement would come among the three of us on how to go forward into leading this country.”

He added that they also believed that their role was to make things easier for them to have stability in the party, saying if there is stability in PDP, there would be stability in Nigeria.

However, the former governor of Kwara urged all the PDP supporters to remain focussed and united to uplift the party to greater heights.

Saraki explained that the three of them would also meet with former Vice President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to brief him about their discussions during the meeting in Bauchi.

NAN/Suzan O.