2011: Ribadu Still Searching For Running Mate

Nuhu Ribadu

Nuhu Ribadu

Despite the fact that the name of one Mr Stanley Ogochukwu, a Nigerian said to be based in Spain, has been sent to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC running mate of Mallam Nuhu Ribadu in the 2011 presidential elections, PM NEWS can reveal that the search for a viable Vice Presidential candidate for the former anti graft czar is still on.

Mallam Nuhu Ribadu

Sources close to the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN told PM NEWS this morning that the name sent to INEC yesterday is a stop gap and that the real candidate that will run alongside Ribadu will emerge between this evening or latest by tomorrow.
The source indicates that the ACN presidential candidate will use the window provided for substitution of candidates by INEC to bring in his final choice of Vice President.

Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, former Nigerian Finance and Foreign Affairs Minister and currently, a managing director at World Bank has been variously rumored as a likely running mate for Ribadu.

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PM NEWS can however not confirm if she is still one of those being considered for the position. Other leading presidential candidates submitted the names of their running mates alongside their names to the Independent National Electoral Commission yesterday.

Former Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari who is the presidential candidate of Congress of Progressive Change, choose fiery Lagos pastor and political activist, Tunde Bakare as his running mate.

Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, the incumbent Governor of Kano State and the presidential candidate of All Nigeria’s People Party, ANPP has also picked former Edo State Governor, John Odigie Oyegun as his running mate.

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