HAVING lost his 2019 presidential bid under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Gombe State Governor, Ibrahim Hassan DanKwambo has been handed the Gombe North Senatorial ticket of the party following the stepping down of the earlier candidate, Mohammed Usman Ribadu. Usman Ribadu disclosed this while speaking during a rally late Thursday evening in Gombe to welcome Ibrahim Dankwambo back to Gombe after the PDP presidential primary election which was held in Port Harcourt last weekend and was won by former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar. Usman Ribadu further said that he is stepping down in order to allow Ibrahim Dankwambo who he said is more qualified to represent Gombe North at the Senate. Usman Ribadu who is presently serving as Commissioner of Special Duties in the State said Ibrahim Dankwambo deserved to contest for the Senate because of his achievements in the last seven years as Governor of the State. Ibrahim Dankwambo who was one of the twelve Presidential aspirants of the PDP polled 111 votes at the party’s Presidential Primary election in Port-Harcourt where former Vice-President Atiku Abubakr won with over 1,600 votes, has now confirmed speculations that he also had a Senatorial ambition if he failed to clinch the Presidential ticket.

Source: Nigerian Tribune October 12, 2018 12:22 UTC