The immediate past Minister of State for Niger Delta, Mr. Darius Ishaku, has been declared the winner of the Taraba State governorship primary of the Peoples Democratic Party.
Ishaku emerged at the end of the governorship primary conducted on Thursday night at the PDP national secretariat, Abuja, under the watchful eyes of the national leadership of the party.
The primary was delayed for almost five days following the controversy over the zoning of the governorship and the list of delegates.
Taraba PDP leaders and stakeholders had on Monday approached the national chairman of the party, Alhaji Adamu Muazu, to inform him of the existence of an agreement signed in 2011 by PDP leaders in the state that Taraba South Senatorial District would produce the PDP candidate in 2015.
Taraba North had served for a total of 10 years while Taraba Central, where the ailing incumbent Governor, Dambaba Suntai, hailed from will complete eight years in power in 2015.
Muazu had directed the PDP leaders, who gave him a copy of the resolution, to also furnish him with the minutes of the meeting where the zoning arrangement was reached.
He assured them that the PDP national leadership would respect the decision of Taraba people since "zoning is local".
Following this development, the former acting governor of Taraba, Alhaji Garba Umar, and another aspirant, Musa John, stepped down from the race for PDP ticket.
Ishaku, who is largely seen as a consensus candidate, is from Takum Local Government Area. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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