Kebbi PDP opposes Kabiru Tanimu as National Chairman

By Ibrahim Bello

The Kebbi chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has stressed that all states in the North-West zone should be given the opportunity to present candidates for the position for the chairman of the party in line with the party’s zoning arrangement

Kebbi PDP said this on Saturday while rejecting the reported reported nomination of Alhaji Kabiru Tanimu as the party’s National Chairman.

Kebbi PDP spokesperson, Alhaji Sani Dododo, told journalists in Birnin Kebbi on Saturday said the North West must be allowed to choose its choice for the position zoned to it.

Dododo said the decision followed speculations that Tanimu had been solely appointed to contest for the position of PDP National Chairman without consulting stakeholders in the North-West Zone.

“We support the position of the North-West Elders that they should be allowed to select the candidate for the position of the National Chairman of the party,” Dododo said.

He explained that the state leadership of the party had met and discussed the issue, noting that at no time did Tanimu consult PDP members in the state before declaring interest in the position.

“The elders in the North-West should be allowed to sit down, deliberate, and produce a candidate that will represent the zone in line with the party’s zoning system,” he added.

Dododo said the party in the state had dissociated itself from what it described as the imposition of Tanimu.

He urged the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) to allow the North-West to choose its preferred candidate.

“We call on the NWC to give us in the North-West the opportunity to come up with our consensus candidate to represent us,” he pleaded. (NAN)

PDP is expected to elect national officers that will run the affairs of the party at the National Convention of the party slated for Ibadan, Oyo State on November 16.

Governors elected on the platform of PDP had earlier in the week announced their endorsement of Turaki as the new chairman of the PDP to be elected at the National Convention.