I have not withdrawn from presidential race, says Balewa
A PDP presidential aspirant, Dr Abdul Jhalil Tafawa
Balewa says he had not withdrawn from the 2015 race as being speculated.
He made this known to newsmen at the PDP national
headquarters after submitting his Nomination and Expression of Interest Forms
to contest the election.
The aspirant, son of late first Prime Minister of
Nigerian, Alhaji Tafawa Balewa, obtained the forms after the National Executive
Committee (NEC) of PDP had endorsed President Goodluck Jonathan as sole
presidential candidate.
The PDP NEC, its highest decision making organ,
endorsed President Jonathan after the PDP Governors Forum and other organs of
the party adopted him as their candidate for the election.
Balewa was initially speculated to have jettisoned his
ambition after alleged due consultation and a visit to Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin
Clark.
But in a dramatic turn of event, Balewa denied his
withdrawal from the race for the PDP presidential ticket, saying: "I have
never withdrawn from the race, there was no agreement with Chief Edwin Clark.
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