By Our Correspondent
Some of the presidential aspirants in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are already making alternative plans for their political career in the event that they fail to clinch the ticket later this month.
Three of the aspirants, according to investigation, are believed to be targeting the party’s senatorial tickets as a fallback option while another has his eyes on the governorship race in his state.
Seventeen aspirants were screened by the party on Friday with two disqualified.
“They have chosen not to put all their eggs in one basket,” a party source said yesterday of the aspirants working on their plan B.
Sources said three of the aspirants with plan ‘B’ are from the North while one is from the South.
It was further gathered that two of the aspirants had previously held top positions in the federal legislature.
One of the shadowy senatorial aspirants currently holds an elective office in his state, while the other does not hold any political office at the moment.
The shadowy governorship aspirant currently holds a top elective position in his state for which he is eligible for re-election. He was previously a federal lawmaker and cabinet minister.
The fourth presidential aspirant, who is from the South, currently holds an elective position in his state and he is not eligible to re-contest.
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, appeared to have confirmed the development on Friday when he described himself as one presidential aspirant without a plan ‘B’.
“What I want is the PDP presidential ticket. I did not purchase any senatorial form because I don’t have a plan B. That is why I am asking you to support my presidential aspiration,” he told reporters soon after his interactive session with the PDP Presidential Screening Committee in Abuja.
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