2019 elections: Shekarau throws hat in the ring for presidency

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A former Minister of Education, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, has notified the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and various stakeholders of his intention to contest for the presidency in 2019.

According to his spokesperson, Malam Sule Ya’u Sule, he said Shekarau, a former Governor of Kano State, had sent notification letters to the PDP and all relevant stakeholders.

Sule explained that Shekarau had communicated his political ambition to various elders, community leaders, opinion leaders, political associates and religious leaders regardless of their ethnic and party affiliations.

“Malam Shekarau deliberately refused to make his ambition public because he does not want the relevant stakeholders to read it for the first time on the pages of newspapers. He first notified them before making it public. He is now making necessary consultations,” he said.

In a letter which he personally signed and sent to one of his political associates, Malam Hassan S. Indabawa, dated August 22, 2017, Shekarau said soon after the 2015 general elections, there had been various calls by individuals and groups from many quarters urging his candidature to contest for the presidency in 2019.

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