By Ife Osemedua
365Daily– The Governor of Sokoto State and Chairman of PDP Governors Forum, Aminu Tambuwal has distanced himself from news reports quoting him as saying any region cannot win Presidency.
In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Muhammad Bello, the former House of Representatives Speaker said he merely advised PDP to consider a candidate that could beat APC.
According to the statement: “The attention of Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has been drawn to a mischievious headline and story by a newspaper, that said a certain region of the country cannot win the Presidency.
“Both the headline and what follows are a distortion, misrepresentation and mis-presentation of the facts as was stated by him.
“There were no innuendo or ‘veiled’ reference by Gov. Tambuwal to any statement made or credited to the South-south Governors during his reunion meeting with former states and federal legislators at the Fraiser Suites in Abuja today.
“He didn’t say the PDP or his colleagues, the South-south Governors or any aspirant from the region cannot win PDP Presidency.
“The report is simply a malicious and should be disregarded as fallacious, divisive and outright blackmail.”