Juta, Abba Gana, Others Jostle For PDP Chairman

Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, (2nd left), with Senator Lee Maeba (left), former Governor of Borno State, Senator Ali Modu-Sheriff (middle) and former NBA President, Chief OCJ Okocha, during a political rally organised by the leaders of Evo Kingdom in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, yesterday

Four chieftains of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are warming up to fill the vacant position of the party’s National Chairman.
The four aspirants which include the Second Republic Governor of the old Gongola State, Ambassador Wilberforce; former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Alhaji Abba Gana, the PDP National Vice Chairman (North-East), Alhaji Giri Lawal and  Dr Suleiman Kumo are to face a selection process by the Northeast caucus of the party, it was learnt yesterday.
The fair aspirants are intensifying their lobbying across the six geo-political zones ahead of a meeting of the National Working Committee (NWC) and National Executive Committee (NEC) later this week to take a final decision on the party’s new chairman.
The position of the national chairman became vacant last year following the resignation of Alhaji Adamu Muazu. The former Bauchi State governor called it quits in the hale of verbal attacks that trailed the party’s loss of power in the 2015 elections.
Muazu’s position was temporarily handed over to his deputy, Chief Uche Secondus, who has been acting.
However, following a suit by former presidential adviser, Ahmed Gulak, the court nullified the selection of Secondus as acting chairman.
The Tide also  the party has resolved to select Muazu’s successor from the Northeast to complete his term in the spirit of equity, fairness and justice as the four aspirants were nominated by their state chapters.
The Tide, however, learnt that the contest is between Juta and Gana, who are founding members of the party.