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PDP submits Saraki’s name to INEC as its senatorial candidate for Kwara Central
The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party has sent the name of the President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki, to the Independent National Electoral Commission as a senatorial candidate.
The name of Saraki was among the list of candidates submitted to the commission in Abuja on Thursday night.
Saraki, who represents Kwara Central District in the Senate, was among the 13 presidential aspirants of the party.
He came third at the party’s national convention which was held in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
The PDP had held the senatorial primaries before that of the presidential primary.
Punch, October 19, 2018
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