Recent hint by Senate President Bukola Saraki about the possibility of he joining the 2019 presidential race is now causing ripples in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to which he defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Saraki told Bloomberg on Tuesday that he was “consulting and actively considering” throwing his hat in the ring for the presidency.
His comment, The Nation, gathered has upset calculations in the PDP about the chances of the various presidential aspirants.
Other PDP members who are seeking the party’s presidential ticket include former Vice President Atiku Abubakar; Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State; Governor Ibrahim Dankwabo of Gombe State; a former Minister of Special Duties, Tanimu Turaki and a former governor of Kaduna State, Senator Ahmed Maikarfi.
The rest are two former governors of Kano State, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, and Alhaji Ibrahim Shekarau; former governor of Sokoto State, Attahiru Bafarawa; former Jigawa State governor, Sule Lamido; and an industrialist, Dr. Baba Datti Ahmed.
Saraki may be aspirant No.11 if he eventually makes up his mind to go for it.
Party leaders are already expressing deep concern over a large number of the presidential aspirants.
Party sources said Tambuwal, in particular, feels disappointed that Saraki may join the race after allegedly promising to support the former Sokoto governor.
Sources close to Tambuwal claimed that Saraki had previously given a commitment to back the governor’s aspiration.
The source, who asked not to be named, further revealed that the ‘understanding’ which the Tambuwal considered sealed and irrevocable, was one of the factors that encouraged the governor to join the race.
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