By Myke Uzendu, Abuja
As the clock ticks towards the PDP Presidential primary election, Governor Emmanuel Udom has appointed Sen Gabriel Suswan as Chairman of his Presidential Campaign Council
The development was contained in a statement signed by the Protem Director of External Communications of the Emmanuel Presidential campaign council,, Ini Ememobong.
The statement reads in part “Arising from the urgent need to coordinate the pre-nomination processes for the Udom Emmanuel Presidential Project , the following people have been appointed to some critical offices, they are”:
HE Sen.Dr. Gabriel Suswam – Chairman, Campaign Council, Col. Habibu Shuaibu (Rtd). – Director General and Bola Bolawole – Campaign Spokesperson
Sen. Suswam is a former Governor of Benue State, Former Member of the House of Representatives and a Serving Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Col. Shuaibu (Rtd) is a former Governor of Plateau and Niger states and a former Chief of Staff to General Ibrahim Babangida.
He is a founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party and was a Governorship Aspirant in Kano state in 2011.
Bola Bolawole holds a Masters degree in Political Science from the University of Ibadan and worked in Punch newspapers as an Editor, Chairman of the Editorial Board and Deputy Editor-in -Chief. He has 37 unbroken years of stellar journalism practice.
According to the Presidential hopeful, the campaign organization is expected to fully deploy huge capacity, contacts and expertise to the attainment of success at the partys primary election scheduled to take place from 28th – 29th May, 2022.