The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has elected Kabir Tanimu Turaki as it’s new National Chairman during it’s national convention held Saturday in Ibadan, Oyo State.
His election was announced on Saturday night by a former lawmaker representing Anambra Central in the National Assembly, Senator Ben Obi..
Obi explained that Turaki ran unopposed after the party’s 2023 governorship candidate in Katsina State, Lado Danmarke, withdrew from the race.
He noted that despite withdrawing, Danmarke still secured 275 votes from delegates, while Turaki polled 1,516 votes to emerge chairman.
Recall that in August, the PDP National Executive Committee zoned its 2027 presidential ticket to the South in line with the party’s rotation principle and zoned the national chairmanship to the North.
Ahead of the convention, influential North-West stakeholders endorsed Turaki as their consensus candidate during series of meetings held in October.
Those who participated in the endorsement included the governors of Bauchi, Plateau, Adamawa, and Zamfara states, as well as the then acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum.
Other notable participants were former Senate President Bukola Saraki; former Minister of Information, Jerry Gana; Senate Minority Leader, Abba Moro and former Minister of Education, Ibrahim Shekarau.
