Former Senate President, Iyorchia Ayu, has emerged as the preferred candidate of North Central in the race for the national chairmanship of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Ayu emerged after a marathon meeting of the leaders of the zone on Tuesday night at the Benue State Governor’s Lodge, Abuja.
Another former Senate President, David Mark, reportedly cooled his interest in the position after meeting with former Vice President David Mark on Monday night. Mark and Ayu are from Benue state.
The other aspirants that stepped down were former governor Ibrahim Idris, Prof Jerry Gana and Attah Idoko.
“We met here for several hours,” Ortom told reporters after Tuesday’s meeting.
“Amongst the five persons that were contesting, the leadership of our party from the North Central unanimously agreed to sponsor former Senate President Iyorchia Ayu, to be the national chairman of our party from the North Central.
“There was no voting, we all agreed that he is the right person for this job at this time.
“Tomorrow (Wednesday), the northern stakeholders of our PDP are going to meet. So he will be presented to the northern caucus of the party. I think that by the grace of God they will also accept him”.
Via The Nation
