Individuals from the Peoples Democratic Party, who were lucky to be delegates at the gathering' s national tradition which held in Port Harcourt on Saturday, have depicted the activity as commendable .
This is on account of they were said to have gotten a great many dollars as influences from some presidential applicants .
As ahead of schedule as Saturday morning , a portion of the agents said they as of now had up to $9, 000 each while they said that they were all the while expecting more .
The applicants who are participating in the essential are a previous Vice President , Atiku Abubakar ; Governor of Sokoto State , Aminu Tambuwal ; Governor of Gombe State , Ibrahim Dankwambo ; a previous Governor of Kano State , Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso; a previous Governor of Sokoto State , Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa .
Others are the President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki ; a previous President of the Senate, Senator David Mark ; a previous Minister of Special Duties and Inter - Governmental Relations, Alhaji Tanimu Turaki ( SAN) and a previous Governor of Plateau State , Senator Jona Jang .
Additionally in the race are , a previous Governor of Kaduna State , Senator Ahmed Makarfi ; a previous Governor of Jigawa State , Alhaji Sule Lamido and Dr. Datti Baba-Ahmed.
A specific hopeful, who had participated in a presidential essential before , was said to have originally offered the representatives $2, 500 each in return for votes.
However, when he heard that another hopeful offered the agents $3000, he expanded his very own to $4000.
Our journalist anyway assembled that the principal competitor later offered same measure of $4000, and activity that constrained the man who offered $4000 to expand his own to $5000.
Another wannabe was additionally said to have offered a negligible $1000.
It was additionally discovered that a few wannabes gave out naira to the representatives , while a source said states with vast agents got N 50m , while others with less delegates got less .
Notwithstanding, examinations by our journalists likewise uncovered that different wannabes had additionally offered unspecified measure of cash to the representatives .
Two agents from the North-West, who talked with our reporters on state of obscurity, affirmed they got money .
One of them , who demonstrated our reporter the envelope that contained the dollar notes , said they chose to get the delight as a methods for getting a lot of the ' national cake '
He said , " We are not going to offer our still, small voice in light of the cash. Truth be told , we considered it to be a chance to gather what have a place with us from these men.
Another agent from the South - East, who additionally affirmed that he gathered cash even longed that the activity could be canceled and another compose to empower him to profit.
Tambuwal, Atiku, Saraki isolate PDP pioneers
In the mean time, three remarkable presidential hopefuls on the stage of the Peoples Democratic Party, on Saturday night, isolated the positions of the pioneers of the gathering on who ought to be bolstered among them to fly the gathering' s hail in the February 14 presidential race .
The applicants are the Governor of Sokoto State , Aminu Tambuwal , a previous Vice President , Atiku Abubakar , and President of the Senate , Bukola Saraki .
The pioneers of the gathering had before met with every one of the competitors at the Presidential Hotel, Port Harcourt , where the requirement for some of them to advance down was talked about .
Among the hopefuls seen at the lodging were Tambuwal , Saraki , and a previous Governor of Plateau State , Senator Jonah Jang.
Different applicants were said to have been a piece of the gathering which was likewise gone to by larger part of the 14 PDP governors , with the exception of the governors of Delta State , Ifeanyi Okowa and his Ebonyi State partner, Dave Umahi .
Both Okowa and Umahi are holding basic positions in the appointive council .
While Okowa is the executive of the Special National Convention Committee, Umahi is the secretary .
A source near the gathering said the two men were pardoned all together not to influence the believability of the result of the tradition before Nigerians and the competitors .
It was assembled that dominant part of the gathering pioneers , previous presidents and some resigned officers were directing for Tambuwal .
The previous Speaker of the House of Representatives was viewed as in view of his age , his range and agreeableness even past the PDP.
He is additionally said to appreciate the help of a portion of the eminent customary rulers the nation over .
Atiku, then again , was additionally said to have the sponsorship of a few individuals from the gathering' s Boards of Trustees and some previous governors .
Saraki , a previous legislative leader of Kwara State , was additionally accepted to have the support of a few legislators and a couple of governors .
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Every one of the applicants were said to think about themselves as having the capacity, whenever supported by the gathering pioneers , to vanquish President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019.
A source, who was at one of the gatherings said that the trio of Tambuwal , Atiku and Saraki were said to have the most elevated help of the agents and pioneers of the gathering.
It was anyway uncertain whether the help of the agents has anything to do with the affectation by any of the hopefuls .
As of the season of recording this report, every one of the hopefuls and the pioneers of the gathering were all the while meeting at an undisclosed area in Port Harcourt to determine the logjam .
A source , who was conscious of the gathering, said , " I think pioneers about the gathering would prefer not to be astonished at the tradition ground. They need to know and make sure that the applicant that will rise is known before getting to the stadium .
" This is to keep away from malice and rancor that may neutralize the gathering amid the general decisions .
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