Date Published: 02/15/11

Ribadu denies report of a running mate

Action Congress of Nigeria Presidential candidate, Nuhu Ribadu has denied reports that he has picked Ex Anambra Governor, Chris Ngige, as running mate.

Both Nigige and Ribadu denied the report by a United States based blog, Saharareporters.

Nigige,on his part described the report as false, maintaning that he was still running for a senate seat on the platform of the Action Congress, against former Informer Information minister, Dora Akunyili of APGA.

Pointblanknews.com had reported exclusively that Ribadu and the AC leader, Bola Tinubu are at daggers drawn over the formers choice of running mate.

While Tinubu is insisting on picking Ribadu's running mate, the Ex EFCC boss has vowed to make his choice without recourse to Tinubu.

It was learnt that Ribadu prefers Dr okonjo Iweala or a US based Nigerian, Dr Sunny Ugochukwu.

But Tinubu has described the duo as having no electoral value.