By Ben Agande

KADUNA—Chairman of Board of Trustees of  People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Walid Jibrin, said, yesterday, that although the party was ready to welcome former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to its fold, it would not guarantee him an automatic ticket to contest the presidential election.

Addressing a press conference in Kaduna, Jibrin said if the former vice president wants to contest the presidential election under the party’s ticket, he should be ready to contest against other candidates who might also be interested.

He said: “The party met in Abuja to say that any party, any candidate from the north can contest. Let us get them.

‘’I think they are getting set now. For now, we have Shekarau, Lamido , Bafarawa and so on preparing for the presidential ticket. He should then join the cream of presidential aspirants in the party to fight for the ticket in 2019.”