2015: Mark lobbies state PDP chairmen over consensus govs

There are indications that the Senate President, David Mark, is putting intense pressure on the state chairmen of the Peoples Democratic Party to pick the party’s governorship candidates for the 2015 election through consensus.


The PDP national leadership had asked Mark to meet with the state PDP chairmen over the need for the party to achieve the objective.

There are indications that Mark has held series of meetings with the chairmen in Abuja to ensure that the party achieves the objective, but  the issue did not go down well with the PDP chairmen, and findings are that the first meeting ended in stalemate as both parties refused to shift ground.

Chairman, Mr. Iyiola Oyedepo, who confirmed that all the governorship aspirants had met with the Senate President on how to harmonise themselves, said the party would want its candidate to emerge through open and credible primary.

He said, “We are fully prepared for the primary. We have put everything in place to ensure free, fair and credible primary.

“But if there would be a consensus, all aspirants must agree on the modalities for such. We have not been able to achieve that thus far. So, we are preparing for full primary.

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