BREAKING NEWS: Adamu Mu’azu Is New PDP Chairman

He will replace the former chairman, Alhaji
Bamanga Tukur, who resigned from his position on
Wednesday.
Mu'azu was picked as a consensus candidate at a
meeting between President Goodluck Jonathan and
the governors of the party at the Presidential Villa
in Abuja on Sunday night.
The meeting ended at 1:22 am on Monday (today)
morning.
Investigations showed that the governors had
rejected the choice of Mohammed Wakil by the
President and his wife, Patience.
Some reasons were said to have been adduced for
the rejection of Wakil, a former House of
Representatives Leader. The reasons included his
alleged inability to carry people along when he was
a principal officer of the House.
A governor told one of our correspondents after the
meeting that the President was bent on picking
Wakil, who had undergone screening by the
security agents for a ministerial position.
The governor, who asked not to be named, said the
President wanted Wakil at all costs but was
vehemently opposed by the governors.
He said the meeting lasted long because it was
difficult for the President to accept defeat.
The governor said, "Yes, we have picked Mu'azu.
He will be presented to the members of the PDP
NEC on Monday(today) for ratification."
It was also gathered that the Governor of Bauchi
State, Malla, Isa Yuguda, later agreed with the
choice of Mu'azu, after his initial opposition.
Before the two meetings, the President had a
private meeting with Seriake ostensibly over who
would emerge as the new chairman of the PDP.
Before Sunday, a former National Publicity
Secretary of the party, Prof. Rufai Alkali (Gombe
State); ex-acting National Secretary, Dr. Musa
Babayo (Bauchi); and a former Minister of
Commerce, Amb. Idris Waziri (Taraba), were touted
as some of the five top contenders for the job.
The ex-minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mr.
Ibrahim Bunu (Borno) and the current Minister of
Transport, Sen. Idris Umar, who is believed to be
the choice of the wife of the President Goodluck
Jonathan, Patience, were also in the race.
During the meeting between Jonathan and the
governors, journalists were asked to leave the
venue.

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