2023: Tambuwal Disagrees With Gen. Babangida, Prof. Ango, Northern Elders, Over Bala, Saraki Endorsement

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In a tweet as shown above, the Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, says he is not part of the agreement reached by a team of northern Elders who endorsed Bala Mohammed and Bukola Saraki.

 The Tambuwal Campaign Organization (TCO) has rubbished the announcement of former Senate President Bukola Saraki and Governor Bala Muhammad of Bauchi state as consensus candidates by the Northern Elders Forum.

Again, a statement from Nicholas Msheliza, Director of Organization and Mobilization for TCO, said the announcement by the Northern elders was of no “consequence”.

Prof Ango Abdullahi, who made the announcement after the meeting of the Elders in Minna on Friday said that “For the purpose of this exercise, it is hereby resolved that Governor Bala Mohammed from the North-East and former Senate President Bukola Saraki from the North-Central be presented as the northern consensus candidates for the moment.

“The successful aspirants are hereby urged to work together to allow further consultations to foster understanding among each other and the PDP community to ensure a rancour-free primary in which all eligible candidates would be free to exercise their right.’

Abdullahi stated that the criteria for selecting the consensus candidate were conducted in three stages which included candidates assessment, zonal assessment, and PDP previous experiences.

But the presidential campaign group of Sokoto state Governor Aminu Tambuwal accused Saraki of betraying the consensus plan.

“The correct situation is that the team met on Wednesday 20th April 2022, at Bauchi Governor’s lodge in Abuja and had a review meeting; and unanimously agreed that the consensus arrangement was not working,’ he said.

The Tambuwal Campaign Organization statement reads;

“The team further agreed that Sen. Saraki should come up with a draft statement on how to communicate this decision to the Nigerian public. This was the last time that members of the team sat and mutually agreed on anything. The proposed meeting to review and vet the statement scheduled for 10 pm on the same day was aborted unilaterally by Sen. Saraki via a WhatsApp message.

“However, on Thursday, 21st, 2022, same Sen Saraki circulated yet another WhatsApp message suggesting that members of the team should head to Minna for a meeting on Friday. Gov. Tambuwal reached other members of the team and informed them that he stands by the decision of the team that the initiative is not working.

“This is why Gov. Tambuwal was absent at today’s (Friday) meeting in Minna. As a result, therefore, the outcome of the Minna meeting has no consequence or any implication on the aspiration of Gov. Tambuwal, who had earlier informed his colleagues of maintaining their agreed position that the initiative had collapsed.

“Members of the public should be reminded that what was canvassed for was a consensus candidate and not consensus candidates.

“For the avoidance of doubt, Gov Tambuwal has submitted his Presidential nomination forms, and now that the quest for a consensus candidate out of the four has clearly collapsed, He will go ahead and face screening and indeed contest the PDP presidential primaries”.

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