By; DAHIRU SULEIMAN, Dutse
A closed door meeting at the instance of Governor Abubakar Badaru Mohammed with all the All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial aspirants to produce a consensus candidate amongst them has ended in deadlock.
Sources close to the meeting said reasons for the foiled meeting was lack of quorum as out of nine contenders, only four aspirants attended.
Other reasons include holding the meeting outside the state as it was learnt that the meeting was held at Governor Badaru’s personal residence in Kano.
Contacted through his spokesman, Hon. Farouk Adamu Aliyu stated, “I Hon. Farouk Aliyu will not and never succumb to the so-called consensus meeting, I have earlier said, for me I will never step down for anybody”.
Furthermore, Hon. Farouk added, “I will never attend any meetings with Badaru as he is not a man of his words, as he is zigzag.”
Governor Badaru summoned the aspirants who are nine in number to produce a consensus candidate amongst them ahead of the primary elections, slated for today.
Some of the aspirants present at the meeting included the Deputy Governor, Alhaji Umar Namadi, Senator Ibrahim Hassan Hadejia, and Senator Mohammed Sabo Nakudu.
Those that were not present at the meeting were, Hon. Farouk Adamu Aliyu, Garun-Gabas, AVM Mohammed, among others.
