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2023 Presidency: PDP To Screen Atiku, Saraki, Wike 14 Others Today

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Apr 29, 2022.

Yinka Akanbi

The PDP screening exercise will be held at Legacy House, Abuja, the party’s presidential campaign headquarters
The party’s leadership had constituted a nine-man committee under the chairmanship of a former Senate President, David Mark

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EKO HOT BLOG reports that seventeen presidential aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are up for screening today in Abuja ahead of the party’s primaries slated for May 28 and 29.

The party’s leadership had constituted a nine-man committee under the chairmanship of a former Senate President, David Mark.

Other members of the screening committee are Chief Celestine Omehia; Chief Mike Ahamba (SAN); Dr Olusegun Mimiko; Edward Ashiekaa (SAN), and Mrs Hilda Makanto.

The screening exercise will be held at Legacy House, Abuja, the party’s presidential campaign headquarters.

The aspirants are Atiku Abubakar (Adamawa), Aminu Waziri Tambuwal (Sokoto), Bukola Saraki (Kwara), Anyim Pius Anyim (Ebonyi), Bala Mohammed (Bauchi), Nyesom Wike (Rivers) and Udom Emmanuel (Akwa Ibom).

Others are Peter Obi (Anambra), Ayodele Fayose (Ekiti), Nwachukwu Anakwenze (Anambra), Dele Momodu (Edo), Mohammed Hayatu-Deen (Borno), Sam Ohuabunwa (Imo), Cosmos Ndukwe (Abia), Charles Ugwu (Enugu), Chikwendu Kalu (Abia) and Oliver Tareila Diana.

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Recall that the move by four of the aspirants to come up with a consensus candidate collapsed last weekend.

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