Three former ministers who served under the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan have picked the Peoples Democratic Party governorship form to enable them contest the party’s primaries in their respective states.
They are the former Minister of State for Niger Delta, Mr. Darius Ishaku; former Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu and former Minister of Education, Mr. Nyesom Wike.
The ministers were among the seven who resigned their appointment on Monday to contest for the position of governor in their states.
While Ishaku is aspiring to be the governor of Taraba State, Chukwu and Wike are contesting for the same position in Ebonyi and River states respectively.
Ishaku told journalists after paying the mandatory N11m nomination fees at the party’s national headquarters in Abuja that he remains the consensus candidate from the Southern part of the state.
He said his aspiration has the support of a former Chief of Army Staff, Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (retd.).
Led by a former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Austin Opara, the group said it was motivated to pick the forms for the ex-Minister due to his pedigree as two-time council boss in Rivers State, former Chief of Staff to the Governor among other political appointments.
Speaking with journalists after picking the forms at the PDP national secretariat in Abuja, Opara, however, explained that his group will not discourage others from vying for the gubernatorial ticket, while calling on those interested to exercise their franchise.
They are the former Minister of State for Niger Delta, Mr. Darius Ishaku; former Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu and former Minister of Education, Mr. Nyesom Wike.
The ministers were among the seven who resigned their appointment on Monday to contest for the position of governor in their states.
While Ishaku is aspiring to be the governor of Taraba State, Chukwu and Wike are contesting for the same position in Ebonyi and River states respectively.
Ishaku told journalists after paying the mandatory N11m nomination fees at the party’s national headquarters in Abuja that he remains the consensus candidate from the Southern part of the state.
He said his aspiration has the support of a former Chief of Army Staff, Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (retd.).
Led by a former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Austin Opara, the group said it was motivated to pick the forms for the ex-Minister due to his pedigree as two-time council boss in Rivers State, former Chief of Staff to the Governor among other political appointments.
Speaking with journalists after picking the forms at the PDP national secretariat in Abuja, Opara, however, explained that his group will not discourage others from vying for the gubernatorial ticket, while calling on those interested to exercise their franchise.
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