Ahead of the Friday deadline by Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, issued to all the 18 registered political parties to submit their presidential runningmates, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Tuesday set up committee to screen its vice-presidential candidate.
The former vice president Atiku Abubakar was elected the PDP presidential candidate two weeks ago after he defeated the Rivers State Governor, Nysom Wike and others to pick the presidential ticket in a tension soaked PDP presidential primary election.
The national publicity secretary of the party, Debo Ologunagba, said members of the Vice Presidential Candidate Screening Committee were nominated by the PDP National Working Committee (NWC).
Ologunagba, in a statement on Tuesday, said the NWC constituted the committee according to the electoral guidelines of the party.
According to him, the screening exercise would hold by 10am on Thursday, June 16, 2022 inside the NWC Hall at the Wadata Plaza national secretariat of the party in Abuja.
“Pursuant to Part VI, Paragraph 14 of the Electoral Guidelines of our great Party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the National Working Committee (NWC) has approved the nomination of the following Party members to serve on the Vice Presidential Candidate Screening Committee for the screening/verifying of the nominated Vice Presidential Candidate of our Party for the 2023 general elections,” he stated.
The Network gathered that the committee would be headed by former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chief Tom Ikimi.
Other officers of the Committee includes Dr Akilu Indabawa and Sunday Omobo as secretary and administrative secretary respectively.
The members include former governor of Kogi State, Idris Wada, former Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka, and Austin Opara.
Others are Professor Aisha Madawaki, Ayotunde George-Ologun, Chidiebelu Mofus, Fidelis Tapgun, Binta Bello, and Mutiat Adedoja.
