Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, has emerged as the running mate to the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar.
Mr. Okowa’s nomination was announced and confirmed by Atiku on Thursday at an unveiling event of his running mate in Abuja.
Given the announcement, Okowa will now be screened by a committee already set up for that purpose.
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike,who has been the foreman in the radar of the PDP heavyweights was widely speculated before now to have been selected as the Vice-presidential candidate of the main opposition party.
But the party, yesterday (Wednesday), dismissed reports that its Selection Committee had settled for the Rivers State governor as the party’s Vice-presidential Candidate.
The National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, said reports in the media that the PDP has picked Wike could only be in the realm of rumour, saying the National Working Committee was looking into the matter and consulting, in order to consider the best Vice presidential Candidate for the party in the 2023 elections.
As part of moves to press down its process, the NWC of the PDP met in Abuja, Wednesday morning where the advisory board resumed intense deliberations.
Report says the PDP selection committee had recommended the Rivers State governor after 13 of 17 members, who attended the meeting at the PDP National Secretariat, yesterday, voted in favour of Wike.
At the meeting, three members voted for others, while the Chairman, who can only vote when there is a tie, abstained.