The campaign train of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has stormed the states of the North East and North West of the country.
The teams are already meeting with stakeholders in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, ahead of the arrival of Saraki.
Leading the teams are Senators Ubali Shittu (North West) and Isa Hamma Misau (North East).
The Senate President himself will soon lead a team consisting senators, members of the House of Representatives, former Governors and top politicians on tour of the two zones as part of his efforts to secure the nod of PDP delegates in the October 6, 2018 national convention.
The Senate President who last Thursday declared his intention to seek the office of the President on the PDP platform has already met and consulted with some state governors – Nyesom Wike of Rivers; Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa; Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom; Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta; Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State; Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State; Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara and Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State.
He has also met with the elder statesmen like former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Goodluck Jonathan, Ibrahim Babangida, among others.
The consultations, according to his media aide, Yusuph Olaniyonu, are in line with Saraki’s commitment to ensure that all party stakeholders are carried along in his campaign ahead of the October PDP presidential primary.
Members of the North East delegation include Senator Shittu; Yakubu Mohammed, the Special Assistant on Political Affairs to the Senate President; Alhaji Akilu Ndabawa (Kano); Hajiya Fati Kamba, a woman elder in Kebbi; and Alhaji Sheriff Hashiru, a northern youth leader from Kano State.
Others on the North East delegation include Senator Isah Hamma Misau; Hon. Binta Bello; Alhaji Abubakar Jada; Engr. Mohammed Kachalla and Mr. Seth Crowther.
