Emergence of Saraki, Bala as consensus Candidates divides PDP, Northern elders
The emergence of Former Senate President Bukola Saraki and Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State as the preferred aspirants for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential ticket has failed to achieve the desired outcome of presenting a united front against the ruling APC. Messrs Saraki and Mohammed, alongside Governor Aminu Tambuwal and Hayatu-Deen, had resolved to go into the consensus arrangement to reduce the number of aspirants going into the battle for the ticket. After weeks of moving around the country, the consensus arrangement, brokered by the former Military Head of State, Ibrahim Babangida, and announced by Ango Abdullahi, selected…