{"id":94248,"date":"2022-04-23T17:17:55","date_gmt":"2022-04-23T16:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=94248"},"modified":"2022-04-23T18:34:47","modified_gmt":"2022-04-23T17:34:47","slug":"no-northern-consensus-presidential-candidates-discussions-ongoing-lamido","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/no-northern-consensus-presidential-candidates-discussions-ongoing-lamido\/","title":{"rendered":"No Northern Consensus Presidential Candidates, Discussions Ongoing &#8211; Lamido"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1730915116458457512\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido has described as the purported endorsement of former Senate President Bukola Saraki and Bauchi State governor, Bala Muhammed as Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) consensus candidates as &#8220;personal opinion&#8221; of the originators.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\nLamido who is also a senior PDP chieftain also chided the position of the northern elders insisting that was not only injurious to the north but equally injurious to the northern aspirants.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In a statement released to the media, he stressed that there is currently no concensus northern candidate for presidency as discussion on the matter for the party is still ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The statement reads in part &#8221; The attention of key stakeholders of the PDP in the northern state is drawn to reports in the media that some northern elders have shortlisted two of our prominent and deserving aspirants as consensus PDP presidential candidates.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Having widely consulted party leaders across the 19 Northern states and FCT, it is hereby stated to our teeming party members and the general public that what is reported in the media is only the personal opinion of those who issued the statement and not the position of the PDP members in the north.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Discussions are ongoing with all the aspirants in our party with a view to having a national consensus if possible or atleast working towards having a smooth acrimony free national convention.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The position of the northern elders is not only injurious to the north but equally injurious to the northern aspirants!&#8221; The statement said.<\/p><\/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>Former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido has described as the purported endorsement of former Senate President Bukola Saraki and Bauchi State governor, Bala Muhammed as Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)&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":79084,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>No Northern Consensus Presidential Candidates, Discussions Ongoing - Lamido - Pointblank News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/no-northern-consensus-presidential-candidates-discussions-ongoing-lamido\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"No Northern Consensus Presidential Candidates, Discussions Ongoing - Lamido - Pointblank News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido has described as the purported endorsement of former Senate President Bukola Saraki and Bauchi State governor, Bala Muhammed as Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/no-northern-consensus-presidential-candidates-discussions-ongoing-lamido\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pointblank News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-04-23T16:17:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-04-23T17:34:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Sule-Lamido.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"510\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"339\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Our Reporter\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Our Reporter\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/no-northern-consensus-presidential-candidates-discussions-ongoing-lamido\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/no-northern-consensus-presidential-candidates-discussions-ongoing-lamido\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Our Reporter\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c\"},\"headline\":\"No Northern Consensus Presidential Candidates, Discussions Ongoing &#8211; 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