PDP: Atiku Says Delegates To Determine Who Emerges As Party’s Flagbearer

• Atiku and 16 other aspirants in the party had appeared before a Presidential Screening Committee on Friday, April, 29, 2022

• He said that the PDP delegates will have the last say over his bid for the party’s ticket.

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EKO HOT BLOG reports that a presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has committed his faith to clinch the party’s ticket into the hands of the delegates.

The former Vice President revealed this in a post on his official Twitter page on Saturday, April 30, 2022.

Atiku and 16 other aspirants in the party had appeared before a Presidential Screening Committee on Friday, April, 29, 2022.

Chairman of the committee, Senator David Mark, announced shortly after the screening exercise that two unnamed aspirants had been disqualified from the race over failure to meet up with the requirements of the office they’re contesting for.

Commenting on his outing before the committee, Atiku disclosed that he was able to scale through the screening process, adding that the PDP delegates will have the last say over his bid for the party’s ticket.

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“I scaled the screening for the PDP Presidential primaries, but our @OfficialPDPNig delegates will determine the most consequential exam. Our consultation continues unabated,” he tweeted.

The PDP has fixed May 28-29 as dates for its presidential primary which will produce the party’s flagbearer in next year’s election.

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