Tambuwal gets Sokoto’s PDP gov ticket

The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party
has rewarded the Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, with the
party’s governorship ticket for the 2019 election, an investigation
has revealed.

Tambuwal is on the list of the party’s 36 governorship
candidates being prepared to be submitted to the Independent
National Electoral Commission.

Tambuwal was among the 13 presidential aspirants of the party,
who contested the primary at the national convention of the party
held in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, between October 6 and 7.

The primary was won by a former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar,
with Tambuwal coming a distant second.

A member of the NWC of the party, who spoke on condition of
anonymity, told our correspondent that the party took the decision
to reward Tambuwal with the ticket based on his loyalty and
understanding with the members of the State Working Committee of
the PDP.

He said the party had also reached an agreement with all other
presidential aspirants that they would not be abandoned
irrespective of the outcome of the last presidential primary.

He said, “We are forging ahead with our preparation and like we
said, all segments of the party are being carried along.

“We have given the governorship ticket to Aminu Tambuwal to be
our candidate in Sokoto State next year. He is a good party man and
we also know that he will deliver the state to the PDP.

“We couldn’t have denied him the governorship ticket just
because he wanted to be the presidential candidate, which he lost
to another eminently qualified person, Atiku Abubakar.”

The governor paid the N12m, charged by the party for its
presidential nomination and expression of interest forms.