{"id":89783,"date":"2021-12-12T12:02:29","date_gmt":"2021-12-12T11:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=89783"},"modified":"2021-12-12T12:02:29","modified_gmt":"2021-12-12T11:02:29","slug":"2023-presidential-candidacy-pdp-govs-plot-consensus-take-meeting-to-uk-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/2023-presidential-candidacy-pdp-govs-plot-consensus-take-meeting-to-uk-spain\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 Presidential Candidacy:\u00a0PDP Govs plot consensus, take meeting to UK, Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m24530\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a bid to ensure that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) emerges through a consensus arrangement, the governors elected on the platform of the party have undertaken two European tours in quick succession, Pointblanknews.com investigation has revealed.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal  \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nPointblanknews.com gathered that the governors held strategic meetings in those tours as part of their ongoing efforts to ensure that the issue of the presidential candidate of the party does not polarise its members along regional lines.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation has also revealed that the governors were also billed to meet tonight in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, after a reception to be held in honour of the new Chairman of the party, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe first European tour by the PDP governors, it was learnt, was a visit to London moments after the October 30 and 31 national conventions while the second visit was a visit to Spain last week.<\/p>\n<p>The first visit to London was said to have been undertaken by the governors of Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike; Mr. Seyi Makinde (Oyo); Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia), and Mr. Udom Emmanuel (Akwa Ibom).<\/p>\n<p>Among the governors on the second trip to Spain were: Wike; Makinde; Ikpeazu; Ahmadu Fintiri (Adamawa); and Dr. Samuel Ortom (Benue).<\/p>\n<p>It was also gathered that the governors of Bauchi State, Senator Bala Mohammed, and Sokoto State,<br \/>\nHon. Aminu Waziri Tambawul did not attend the meetings due to their ongoing consultations on their presidential aspirations.<\/p>\n<p>A source privy to the strategic meetings told Pointblanknews.com\u00a0 that Governor Ortom is the architect of a consensus presidential candidate for the PDP and would host the meeting in Makurdi on Sunday.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nAccording to the source, the PDP governors while in London met a former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki.<\/p>\n<p>He further disclosed that it was from London that Saraki arrived in Lagos last week to receive the Lagos APC members, who defected to the opposition party<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPDP governors from the South agreed at the London meeting that they must play a significant role in the choice of who will fly the party\u2019s presidential ticket,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a bid to ensure that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) emerges through a consensus arrangement, the governors elected on the platform of the party have&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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