The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and stakeholders of the party have jointly agreed to pick one of the frontline governorship aspirants of the party, Engineer Sulaiman Bolakale Kawu, as the consensus gubernatorial candidate of the party for the 2027 election in Kwara State.
The party has slated Sunday for the governorship primaries after successfully conducting its House of Representatives, Senate, and House of Assembly primaries in the state.
In each of the primaries held recently in the state, the party’s candidates emerged without rancour.
A statement issued in Ilorin on Saturday and signed by the leader of the party and former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, stated that “Engineer Kawu was arrived at after extensive consultations with stakeholders of the PDP and other leading governorship aspirants of the party.”
The statement read: “I am pleased to announce that, after extensive consultations with stakeholders of the Kwara PDP and our leading gubernatorial aspirants, we have arrived at a consensus candidate to fly the flag of our great party in the forthcoming gubernatorial election.
“That candidate is Engr. Kale Kawu.
“I extend my heartfelt appreciation to the other aspirants who, in the supreme interest of our party and state, have graciously stepped down to support this consensus. It is this spirit of unity and selflessness that will carry us to victory.
“I wish all our members, delegates, and teeming supporters a successful, peaceful, and orderly outing at tomorrow’s gubernatorial primaries.”
Meanwhile, with this development, the PDP and the All Progressives Congress (APC) appear set for a fierce political contest ahead of next year’s general elections.
The ruling APC had on Friday picked the Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Danladi-Salihu, as its flagbearer following a keenly contested governorship primary held in Ilorin, while the PDP settled for a retired Executive Director of the Rural Electrification Agency and Daniyan of Ilorin Emirate as its gubernatorial candidate for the next general election in the state.
Hammed Shittu
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