Labaran Maku withdraws from governorship primaries

Labaran Maku, the gubernatorial aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former minister of information has withdrawn his intention to contest the governorship primaries hours after consulting with stakeholders and his families.

Maku made his withdrawal known at the venue of the PDP primary election held at Nasarawa Toto LGA.

Reacting to his withdrawal, Maku said after wider consultations with friends and associates he decided to withdraw his ambition to contest the primary election.

Asking whether there are other reasons for his withdrawal he said are best known to him and his official statement of his withdrawal will be made available soon.

Asked his opinion on the process of the primary election that is ongoing the former minister said ‘No Comment.”

Recalled that all the three Aspirants, David Ombugadu, Nuhu Amgbazu and Labaran Maku had agreed to work together to defeat the incumbent.