The duo were shortlisted by northern leaders of the party ahead of its presidential primary on May 28.
Their emergence was part of the recommendations made by a committee which is made up if northern leaders and presidential aspirants in the party.
Besides the duo, Aminu Tambuwal, governor of Sokoto, and Mohammed Hayatu-Deen presented themselves for the election. Prior to the election, the four aspirants visited the former military president, Ibrahim Babangida, and and asked him to lead the process for a consensus.The communique further explained the selection process and performance of aspirants.
In phase two, “zonal assessment”, Mr Saraki got eight votes, while Messrs Mohammed and Tambuwal got seven and two votes respectively. And no vote was recorded for Hayatu-Deen.In the third phase, Mr Abdullahi said resort was made to the historical antecedents of the PDP with regards to previous northern aspiration and the following conclusion was reached.“In 2011, a consensus was made among the four northern candidates, which North-east got but lost at the primaries.
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