Following the resignation of its former Chairman, Adamu Mu’azu, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has commenced the process of selecting a new Chairman. Five candidates have signified their intentions to occupy the exalted office.

They are Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Senator Bala Mohammed and former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Nuhu Ribadu.

The others are the Minister of State for Power, Mohammed Wakil; former Special Adviser (Political Matters) to President Goodluck Jonathan, Ahmed Gulak and onetime PDP National Administrative Secretary, Habu Fari.

All the candidates are from the North East zone. The party is believed to have zoned the position to the zone, since the last two chairmen of the party were from there.

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