Atiku Receives Conditions From PDP For Picking Vice President - 2019 Presidency

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, PDP presidential candidate

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, national leadership, has told its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, things his Vice should posses as he picks one, ahead of 2019 Presidency.

The party leadership, led by the National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, met with Atiku over the issue.

The meeting was held at the party’s presidential campaign office, otherwise known as Legacy House, Maitama, Abuja, on Sunday night, the Punch  reports.

Some criteria were set for who should partner Atiku to enable it to defeat President Muhammadu Buhari in the February 14, 2019 presidential election.

According to the report, the PDP flag bearer, Atiku and his team were the first to arrive for the meeting before Secondus and his team, who were delayed with flight schedule from Port Harcourt.

The meeting was said to have started late in the night and lasted for about two hours.

Atiku was mandated to submit list of his preferred candidates as running mates to the party.

The ex-VP was told that the running mate should be younger than him and be grounded in the economy, according to Punch.

Also, the newspaper reported that series of meetings would be held within the week in order to enable the party meet the deadline set by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for the submission of candidates’ names for the elections.

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