Walid Jubril, the Board of Trustee (BoT) chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has said said the party will come up with consensus presidential candidate ahead of its primary election billed for end of the month.
Jubril made this known to journalists while responding to question at the PDP secretariat in Lafia Tuesday.
According to him, he was in the state to access presidential aspirants who visit the state to enable them come up with a suitable candidate for the party in the consensus agreement.
“The NEC has made it known earlier that there will be no zoning and no consensus. But right now there is a loophole, therefore we need to review that earlier decision and come up with a consensus candidature,” the BoT chairman said.
“We have agreed to sit together to review that very seriously and come up with a suitable candidate to lead our party in the contest.
“We are not stopping any aspirant from contesting but we have to resolve to consensus. All the aspirants from the south east, south west and the north are working together to produce a consensus.”