Adamawa 2014: Ribadu, Marwa, Tukur, Others Pick Guber Forms

Former EFCC Chairman, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, former military administrator of Lagos State, Buba Marwa and son of the immediate past National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Awwal Tukur, have collected the party’s governorship forms for the poll slated for October 11.

As the August 20 deadline for the collection and submission of the governorship forms for the Adamawa State governorship election draws near, the former Chairman of the Economic and

Others who have paid the mandatory fee of N10 million and N1 million Expression of Interest form are the former Minister of State for Health, Dr. Idi Hong; acting Governor, Umar Fintiri, former political adviser to the president, Ahmed Gulak and  former Executive Secretary of  the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Dr. Ahmed Moddibo.

Ribadu, who picked his governorship form through his political associate, Hammidu Mahmud, at the national secretariat of the PDP in Abuja, told journalists that he was not aware that President Goodluck Jonathan had anointed him as the party’s governorship candidate.

According to him, “We are not aware that the president wants Ribadu, it was some PDP chieftains in the state who called on Ribadu to come and contest for the governorship of the state. So the question of the president wanting Ribadu does not arise in the case.”

Mahmud further said  the former EFCC boss had applied for waiver from the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party to enable him contest for theOctober 11 governorship election and that he was awaiting the outcome of the waiver application.

Also yesterday, the son of the immediate past national chairman of the PDP, Awwal Tukur, paid and collected the governorship nomination form for the primary election scheduled for September 6, disclaiming reports that he had stepped down for Ribadu.

According to Tukur, “I have not stepped down for Ribadu and as you see, I have come here this afternoon to pick up my form, that alone is an indication that I am in the race and we will see what happens in future, we have our elections.”

Tukur’s son who said the party was yet to hold any consensus meeting also said: “Consensus is a major pinnacle of our party and as politicians, we all know that everyone will not get it at one point. You can get it through the ballot box or consensus. To answer your question, we have not had any consensus meeting. I don’t think anyone has had one or has told me like I said. We are all preparing for elections.”

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