12 candidates that contested for the PDP nomination at a convention held in Port Harcourt on 6 November 2018. Of the 12 candidates that ran for the nomination, four candidates including Makarfi himself were from North Western states. Aminu Tambuwal (Sokoto State), Rabiu Kwankwaso (Kano State), Attahiru Bafarawa (Sokoto State) are the other candidates form the region. Analysts predicted that the huge number of candidates from the region would split delegate votes from the region among the contestants giving advantage to popular candidates from other regions over them. In the PDP primary, Makarfi clinched a distant 5th position behind Atiku Abubakar the winner of the election. The disappointing result from the primary ended his presidential run in 2019. See also List of Governors of Kaduna State References 1956 births Living people Governors of Kaduna State Nigerian Muslims Ahmadu Bello University alumni Peoples Democratic Party state governors of Nigeria Peoples Democratic Party members of the Senate (Nigeria) 21st-century Nigerian politicians Federal Government College Enugu alumni