Report has indicated that plans to draft former Senate President, David Mark, into the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national chairmanship race appears to be losing steam.
Sources who spoke to The Nation revealed that Mark’s supporters are promoting him as a consensus candidate who can be relied upon by all the factions in the party to salvage the fortunes of the former ruling party.
There are ongoing moves in the party, spearheaded by some of the state governors elected on the platform of PDP, to get rid of the acting national chairman of the party, Umar Damagum and replace him with a substantive chair.
Mark, a retired brigadier general, is one of the people being tipped to occupy the office.
A former National Security Adviser, some retired generals and former top government functionaries are said to be driving the Mark chairmanship agenda.
However, party sources told the aforementioned publication in Abuja that the campaign is not receiving the kind of positive response his promoters were expecting from party members. Some even go as far as saying the scheme has failed.
The source disclosed that the former Senate President himself is not particularly enthusiastic about the project for some personal reasons, including his age, leading to fears it may eventually be jettisoned.
The informant also said the demands of the office include extensive travelling within the country and wondered how much of that could be done by Mark at his present age.
It was also gathered that the ongoing litigation over the party leadership does not look encouraging to Mark.
The source wondered how much work Mark could do to put the party in order by December 2025.