9 PDP guber aspirants kick against consensus candidate
Three weeks after the adoption of Admiral Murtala Nyako as consensus PDP governorship candidate in Adamawa state , the nine other aspirants have rejected the arrangement.
At a joint press briefing in Yola on Monday, the aspirants argued that they were not neither contacted nor agreed on a consensus candidate.
Malam Adamu Modibbo, who spoke on behalf of others, explained that the party in Adamawa failed to conduct governorship primaries without giving reasons.
The briefing which was attended by six of the aspirants and three of their representatives, gave PDP Febraury. 13, ultimatum within which to conduct the primaries.
The aspirants had earlier shunned a meeting called by national secretariat of the party designed to prevail on them to work for Nyako.
“So as far as we are concerned, PDP is yet to have a candidate in Adamawa and we still have time to do that,’’ he said.
They said the adoption of Nyako was unconstitutional and contradicted PDP’s electoral guidelines, but they pledged their continued loyalty to the party.
Sen. Jonathan Zwingina who also addressed the press, said the “purported disqualification of five aspirants was a ploy to pave way for the unpopular consensus which will not be accepted’’.
The nine aspirants include Zwingina, Sen. Abubakar Girei, Malam Adamu Modibbo, Alhaji Koiranga Jada, Alhaji Dahiru Bobo, Alhaji Awwal Tukur, Chief Joel Madaki, Mr Pascal Bafyau and Big.-Gen. Aliyu Kama (rtd).
The party had announced the disqualification of Zwingina, Girei, Jada, Bobo and Tukur.