2019 Election: Shekarau Declares Interest For President Under PDP

A former Minister of Education, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, has made known his intention to run for Presidency under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2019.

Confirming the development to Daily Trust, yesterday, his spokesperson, Malam Sule Ya’u Sule, said Shekarau, a former Governor of Kano State, had sent notification letters to the PDP and all relevant stakeholders.

Sule explained that Shekarau had communicated his political ambition to various elders, community leaders, opinion leaders, political associates and religious leaders regardless of their ethnic and party affiliations.

“Malam Shekarau deliberately refused to make his ambition public because he does not want the relevant stakeholders to read it for the first time on the pages of newspapers. He first notified them before making it public. He is now making necessary consultations,” he said.

Recall that, fews days ago, the former Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido, also sent a letter of notification to PDP leaders and members of his interest to run the presidency in 2019 if PDP grants him the ticket.