Governors of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at a meeting on Wednesday unanimously adopted President Goodluck Jonathan as its presidential flag bearer in the 2015 elections, Chariman of the PDP governors forum, Chief Godswill Akpabio, has revealed.
Present at the meeting which was held at the Akwa Ibom State Governor’s Lodge, Abuja were Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom), Sullivan Chime (Enugu), Jonah Jang (Plateau), Seriake Dickson (Bayelsa), Theodore Orji (Abia), Ibrahim Dankwambo (Gombe), Idris Wada (Kogi), Liyel Imoke (Cross River), Emmanuel Uduaghan (Delta), Ramalan Yero (Kaduna), Gabriel Suswam (Benue), Babangida Aliyu (Niger), Saidu Dakingari ( Kebbi); Ahmadu Fintiri and Umar Garba (acting governors of Adamawa and Taraba respectively); Mahmoud Gumel, Abdullahi Faskari, Mukhtar Shagari, and Damishi Luka, deputy governors of Jigawa, Katsina, Sokoto and Nasarawa states respectively.
The ruling Peoples Democratic Party Governors on Wednesday endorsed President Goodluck Jonathan as their sole candidate for the 2015 presidential election.