Former Senate President, Iyorchia Ayu, has been chosen as the consensus national chairmanship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party by the party’s stakeholders in the North. Briefing newsmen in Abuja after a closed door meeting of the stakeholders, the Governor of Adamawa State, Ahmadu Fintiri, confirmed that Ayu was unanimously picked as a consensus candidate of the north. Fintiri also disclosed that other contenders for the office of the National Chairman from the Northern Caucus agreed to step down for the former senate president. In a brief remark, Ayu accepted to shoulder the responsibility expressing gratitude to the leaders of the North for their unity, determination and willing to work with him. Other personalities that earlier indicted interest for the office of the PDP national chairmanship include former Katsina State Governor, Ibrahim Shema, former Kaduna State Governor, Ahmed Makarfi, PDP Deputy National Chairman (North), Senator Suleiman Nazif.
