The Bauchi State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has assured that it will be fair to all its governorship aspirants and other members wishing to contest for any elective office in the state.
State Publicity Secretary of the party, Yayanuwa Zainabari stated this while speaking to journalists in Bauchi Thursday saying that the party is always ready to protect the dignity of all its members facing any form of intimidation.
"We have three people who have indicated interest in running for governorship in Bauchi. They are Senator Bala Mohammed, Senator Abdul Ahmed Ningi and Senator Adamu Gumba.
"All the three people who have indicated interest are men of political pedigree that can give the ruling APC in the state a run for their money. We have made our position clear, we will support all our candidates until the electorates make their choice in the primaries,"he said.
According to him, state executives of the party will always remain neutral in its dealing with members of the party especially those interested in running for governor and other elective offices in the 2019 elections.
The party noted that, any member who wishes to vie for any office is welcome and will be treated like any other candidate by the party executive.
Zainabari further informed that, the party will not condone any intimidation of any of its members no matter how small or big.
He however stated that supporting any of its members who is running for an elective office on an issue must not be interpreted as taking sides with a particular person.
"The party leadership will do everything possible to protect anybody. That is the essence of belonging to a party. The national leadership of our party is always ready and protect the interest of its members across the country and that is what we are doing in the state chapters. So our members should be rest assured that we will always be with them, wether they are vying for any office or not,"he said.
