Kebbi PDP rejects Turaki’s adoption as Northern consensus candidate

The Kebbi State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the reported endorsement of former Minister of Special Duties, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, as the northern consensus candidate for the party’s national chairmanship.

The rejection followed an emergency meeting of the state chapter held on Saturday in Birnin Kebbi.

In a statement issued after the meeting, the State Publicity Secretary, Sani Dododo, said the decision by northern PDP governors to adopt Turaki was taken without consulting the Kebbi State chapter.

“Kabiru Tanimu has never reached out to the Kebbi State chapter regarding his ambition.

“He has also not participated in any recent party activities within the state,” Dododo stated.

He emphasized that the Kebbi PDP aligns with the position of North-West stakeholders that each state should be allowed to deliberate and present its own preferred candidate in line with the party’s zoning principles.

“Accordingly, the Kebbi State chapter outrightly rejects the purported adoption of the former minister as the consensus candidate,” he added.

The northern PDP leaders had earlier endorsed Turaki as the consensus candidate for the forthcoming national elective convention scheduled to hold on November 15–16 in Ibadan, Oyo State.

The endorsement was reached at a meeting attended by PDP governors, former Senate President Bukola Saraki, Acting National Chairman Umar Damagum, and other northern stakeholders in Abuja.