Ayu, Tambuwal, Lamido meet over PDP crisis

As part of efforts to resolve the internal crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the National Chairman Senator Iyorchia Ayu, Director General of the Atiku Abubakar presidential campaign council, Governor Aminu Tambuwal and former Jigawa Governor Sule Lamido have met in Bauchi for consultations.

The delegation arrived on Saturday evening and met with Governor Bala Mohammed.

Ayu described Mohammed as one of the major national stakeholders, who have contributed immensely to the development of the party.

He said the meeting was also to rally support for its presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar.

According to him: “We are here to brief you on some of the developments that are going on in the party, nationally and to seek your wise counsel because you’re not just the Governor of Bauchi, you’re a leader in this country –very experienced. In all the places you have served, you gathered the experience. And we thought people like you in this campaign from time to time we need to come around and consult, brief you on some things.”

The Nation reports after the closed-door meeting, which lasted for about 1 hour and 30 minutes, Ayu shunned briefing the media on its outcome.

But Mohammed, who spoke briefly, said that delegation was in Bauchi to discuss issues of the party, the campaign and elections.

“They came to Bauchi to discuss some grey areas concerning my position as Deputy Director General of the Campaign Council in charge of the North,” he said.

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