Anxiety Holds PDP presidential aspirants over endorsement by IBB, OBJ, Danjuma, Abdulsalami
Anxiety Holds PDP presidential aspirants over endorsement by IBB, OBJ, Danjuma, Abdulsalami There is anxiety within the ranks of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, over the disposition of four of the country’s powerful retired army generals concerning the choice of the party’s 2019 presidential candidate. Three of the four retired generals namely, Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida and Abdulsalami Abubakar, were pivotal to the emergence of the fourth general, that is, General Olusegun Obasanjo, as the first President of the Fourth Republic in 1999. The four, who have, individually and sometimes collectively, played significant roles in the political evolution of the country, are, however, yet to engage a unanimity on an aspirant with a view to defeating General Muhammadu Buhari. The inclination of the generals towards the PDP is, however, said to be now taken for granted. ...