Aminu Tambuwal, governor of
Sokoto state, might have replaced Manir Dan’iya, governorship candidate of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Sokoto, according to Daily Trust.
Tambuwal, who defected from the
All Progressives Congress (APC) to the PDP, contested but lost the presidential
ticket of the PDP.
The newspaper said the PDP in
Sokoto migh have affirmed the candidature of Tambuwal for 2019, replacing him
with Dan’iya, a former commissioner in the state.
Delegates from the 23 local
government areas of the state reportedly converged on the party’s secretariat
on Sunday night and endorsed Tambuwal as their governorship candidate.
A chieftain of the party was
quoted as saying the former commissioner voluntarily stepped down for Tambuwal
and that their late night meeting was to reaffirm Tambuwal’s candidature.
The chieftain added that they
tried to beat the deadline of INEC which was 12 midnight.
During the meeting, former commissioners
were involved in screening delegates and taking their inventory.
The delegates were called
according to their local government areas to line up for a head count after
which they were asked to vacate the scene.
However, Ibrahim Milgoma, said
the delegates did not affirm Tambuwal’s candidacy.
“We gathered our delegates here
only to thank them for their support and cooperation during our primaries and
the national convention but not to affirm Tambuwal as our candidate for
governorship election,” he was quoted to have said.
“We already have our candidate
who is Manir Dan’iya. We did not change him.”
NAN quoted Milgoma as saying
there was still time to substitute Dan’iya according to the law.
The chairman said the party would
formally announce any change if any in future noting that substitution had
processes which must be complied with based on electoral guidelines.
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