Lamido Absent as PDP Govs Endorse Jonathan as Sole Candidate

Sule Lamido, governor of Jigawa state and a presidential aspirant, was absent yesterday as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum endorsed President Goodluck Jonathan as sole candidate of the party ahead of its December 6  presidential primaries for 2015 general elections.

Lamido was represented by his deputy as the governors reached the decision to back Jonathan for a second term in office.

The agreement was part of decisions reached at the forum’s meeting in Abuja ahead of the PDP National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting slated for  September 18.

Chief Godswill Akpabio, chairman of the forum and governor of Akwa Ibom, announced the decision at the end of its ‎three hours meeting.

The governors of Enugu, Delta, Plateau, Adamawa, Sokoto deputy, Jigawa deputy, Abia, Taraba, Gombe, Bayelsa, kogi, Kaduna, Kebbi, Niger, Akwa Ibom, Cross River and Benue states were present at the meeting.

The party’s NEC is expected to adopt the resolution of the governors at the meeting.

Akpabio said that “The PDP governors’ forum hereby endorses President Goodluck Jonathan for a second term in office and resolved to support his bid for re-election come 2015.

“We urge all PDP faithful to support this gesture which should enable the president to become the sole candidate‎ of the PDP come 2015,” he said.