SAN FRANCISCO, October 21, (THEWILL) – The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has named Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, as the party’s governorship ticket for the 2019 election.
Tambuwal is on the list of the party’s 36 governorship candidates being prepared to be submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
THEWILL recalls that Tambuwal was among the 13 presidential aspirants of the party, who contested the primary at the national convention of the party held in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, between October 6 and 7 and won by a former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, with Tambuwal coming a distant second.
According to a member of the PDP NWC, the party took the decision to reward Tambuwal with the ticket based on his loyalty and understanding with the members of the State Working Committee of the PDP.
He said the party had also reached an agreement with all other presidential aspirants that they would not be abandoned irrespective of the outcome of the last presidential primary.
