Ahead of tomorrow’s National Executive Council meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), a support group of the PDP based in North Central Nigeria, on Wednesday endorsed the candidacy of Dr. Philips Salawu.

The group, PDP North Central Vanguard, in a press statement made available to newsmen in Abuja, said they have taken their time to look at the issues at stake in the PDP and they have looked at the antecedents of Dr. Philips Salawu, a former Kogi State Deputy Governor and they decided that he is the best man for the job.

“Dr. Philips Salawu’s antecedents are above board. They are without fault or blemish. He is the exactly the type of leader the PDP will need at a time like this.

“Dr. Philips Salawu is from Kogi State, North Central Nigeria, the seat of the PDP national chairman needs to be currently occupied by someone from North Central till the next national convention of the party. It is a constitutional matter, in fact.

“We have looked thoroughly into the history of the various leaders we have in North Central PDP and we have decided to endorse nobody else but a former Deputy Governor of Kogi State, His Excellency Dr. Philips Salawu, to take over the seat of the PDP national chairman with immediate effect as we expect the NEC of our great party to do consider as the seat of PDP national chairman rightly belongs to no other zone but North Central, at the moment,” the group said.