Markaf screens 3 PDP Edo gubernatorial aspirants

The Senator Ahmed Markaf » i led National
Caretaker Committee of the Peoples
Democratic Party has screened three
aspirants of the party ahead of the Edo
gubernatorial election.
Sources disclosed that a four-man committee
set up by the Markafi led PDP, screened the
aspirants, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu , Chief
Solomon Edebiri and Matthew Iduoriyekemwen
on Wednesday, June 15, 2015 at the party's
secretariat in Benin, Edo State.
In a report by The StreetJournal, the Screening
Committee was headed by former Minister of
Education, Prof. Tunde Adediran and also had
Senator Abiye Sekibo, Senator Joshua Idaini,
Ndubusi Nwingwe and Faruk Yahaya Idris as
members.
After the exercise, the Chairman of the
Committee, Prof. Adeniran, reportedly expressed
confidence in the screening, saying it was
thorough.

“ We are here for the screening of governorship
aspirants with a view to electing a candidate
through a credible and transparent primary
election that will be taking place on Monday.
“The screening exercise has been undertaken,
very thorough and we are indeed very proud as a
party that we have a very wonderful and patriotic
Nigerians and committed party leaders from Edo
State who have shown interest in vying for the
candidacy of our great party.
“Three of the governorship aspirants were
screened one after the other and we found them
very worthy. They have met the relevant criteria
and conditions stipulated in the Constitution of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria and of course, the
requirements of the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC).
“We believe that with these men of honour, we are
sure that the details of the Electoral Act must be
taken into consideration in the screening and by
the time we present whoever emerges among
them as required by the Electoral Law, it will be
easy for our candidate to scale through ,”
Adeniran said.
Adediran further disclosed that the aspirants
have agreed to work with whoever emerges as
the party’s flag bearer during the September 10,
2016 governorship election.