Tambuwal squares up to Saraki
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but i believe that pdp of today is capable of organising free fair credible and transparent primaries1 senate president bukola saraki who announced his aspiration for the office of president may be pitted with his ally and governor of sokoto state alhaji aminu tambuwal who has picked his nomination form for the same office on the same ticket of peoples democratic party pdp1 many of them defected at the same time from the ruling all progressives congress apc to regroup to upstage traditional members of pdp1 among others gunning for the slot are a two- time governor of kano alhaji rabiu kwankwaso ex-vice president atiku abubakar ex-governor of jigawa alhaji sule lamido and others1 tambuwal who arrived the partys national secretariat wadata plaza with his supporters at few minutes 6.p.m left at about 7. 10 p.m1 tambuwal told newsmen shortly after he picked the form that he was confident that the pdp leaders would conduct credible elections if the aspirants did not go for consensus candidate1 i cant say there is no need for consensus it is part of democratic process. if there is a possibility of it why not if it is not possible then we all go for the primaries1 there are a dozen of other bigwigs of the party many of whom belong to the same political camp1 tambuwal said that going by his antecedents he had the capability to confront the all progressives congress apc and its likely candidate1 i believe you need to check back my political antecedents. i have always confronted with this kind of hostile environment1 you remember how i emerged as speaker of house of representatives and how i remained there as speaker of house of representatives1 so i am not discouraged by whatever that may come up as a challenge from the administration1 on the issue of herdsmenfarmers crisis tambuwal said it was a major security concern to every nigerian1 we must look at the issue very comprehensively and proffer solution to it1 i believe it is an issue every responsible government must address and i assure you we can take it head on and resolve it. nan1