PDP cancels presidential primary

The Peoples Democratic Party has said with the selection of President Goodluck Jonathan by the party's National Executive Committee, the gathering won't hold the presidential essential booked for December 6. It said with the selection, the President had turned into the sole competitor for the presidential decision.

With the improvement, It said the gathering would just approve Jonathan's candidature on December 6.

The National Publicity Secretary of the gathering, Mr. Olisa Metuh, who revealed this in a phone meeting with our journalist on Friday said the tradition would confirm the choice taken at NEC.

NEC had on Thursday professed the President as the sole applicant of the gathering for the decision.

Metuh said, "There is distinction in the middle of tradition and essential. What we are going to have on December 6 at the tradition is to approve the choice taken at NEC.

"There will be no essential again in light of the fact that we as of now have a competitor and what we will do is that delegates will simply sanction him."

With this game plan, just President Jonathan is required to pay the entirety of N22m, which the gathering has altered as selection expense for its presidential hopefuls.

Governorship applicants are to pay N11million while legislators are to pay N4m, Reps, N2 million and State House of Assembly hopefuls, N1m.

The NEC, while favoring this as a component of its rules for the 2014 general decisions, included that the presidential essential should be by uncommon tradition utilizing the adjusted open mystery tally framework overall known as open mystery.

Then, the PDP has said the hush by all organs of the gathering on Vice-President Namadi Sambo is a sign that he remains Jonathan's running mate.

The Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the gathering, Mr. Ibrahim Jalo, who talked with our reporter, said there was nothing to fear on the issue.

He said, "You know the issue of underwriting began with the National Caucus and the PDP Governors' Forum before the Bot and NEC.

"In all these, the issue of running mate was not examined on the grounds that it is a joint ticket."

"In this way, since there was quiet on this matter, it implies that has been conceded on the grounds that it is a joint ticket.

SUNDAY PUNCH examination demonstrated that Sambo's determination and serious anteroom, utilizing the governors of the Peoples Democratic Party, guaranteed the maintenance of his post.

Sambo, who was portrayed as an unwavering representative by numerous parts of the National Executive Committee of the gathering at their gathering in Abuja on Thursday, did not go to rest as those supposedly intrigued by his position were likewise campaigning to take his position in 2015.

Among the names of those continually specified as being intrigued by the position were governors Isa Yuguda(bauchi) and Ibrahim Shema(kastina).

Both of them had denied having such aspiration, saying the VP remained their sibling and they would not do anything to imperil his advantage.