PDP Chairman warns Atiku of stiff competition within the party
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar who decamped from All Progressives Congress APC to The People’s Democratic Party PDP, last week, has been urged by Walid Jibrin, the Chairman, PDP Board of Trustees, to be ready to play by the rules once he rejoins the party.
Walid Jibrin, the chairman the PDP Board of Trustees, briefly touched on Mr. Atiku’s political future in a recent interview with journalists.
According to the Former Senator from Nasarawa State, Mr. Jibrin said the PDP field of presidential contenders has expanded in recent weeks, and Mr. Abubakar should expect a rigorous competition for the party’s ticket.; he advised the former vice-president to subject himself to all the constitutional instruments of the party, if he really wants to be president by 2019
He said most of the presidential hopefuls that have expressed their intention since the party ‘zoned’ its presidential ticket to the north are political heavyweights.
All our candidates are very strong and the former vice-president is going to meet some interesting challenges, Mr. Jibrin added.
Sule Lamido and Ibrahim Shekarau are amongst those who have commenced 2019 consultations in recent weeks on the platform of the PDP.
Mr. Abubakar is expected to join the party at his ward in his home state of Adamawa in the coming days
