We have not adopted the candidate Buhari – Benue SDP gov

By Peter Duru

Hinga Biam, Social Democratic Party candidate for the SDP Social Democratic Party, revealed that the leadership of the party has not yet sanctioned the adoption of President Muhammadu Buhari as a preferred candidate in the next general election. .

the The NWP National Working Committee, the NWC, adopted President Buhari last weekend as a privileged candidate in the next presidential election, a decision that left a lot of loyal parties perplexed and furious.

Biam, who spoke yesterday shortly after meeting with party leaders in the state's 23 local government areas in Makurdi, said: "As a state, we are awaiting the decision of the leaders of the state. party in the state.

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"But you know that the national leadership of the party has made a decision and that states have their particularities. You can have one or two states that we can not continue. There are others who can say yes, it suits us very well.

"Benue's state, I think what matters to us is that SDP has a candidate for the governorship that serves the interests of the Benue people.

"We are aware that in some states of the federation, the governors are not part of the same party as the president of the country, but they are doing very well and the federal government is giving them enough support.

"It all depends on who provides leadership in the state. Whether as governor of the SDP platform working with an APC president or PDP president, it will all depend on how I can defend the interests of my state. and project the needs of my people. "

Mr. Hinga Biam, candidate of the Social Democrat Party in the Social Democrat Party SDU, revealed that the leadership of this party has not yet sanctioned the adoption of President Muhammadu Buhari as a preferred candidate in the next general election.

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