Politics
Plateau south bye election: PDP seeks disqualification of APC candidate, Prof. Daduut four days to election over PVC
By Moses Mark
The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Plateau State Chapter, Hon Chris Hassan had called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to urgently disqualify the All Progressive Congress, APC, candidate for Plateau southern Senatorial bye election scheduled to hold on the 5th December, 2020 in six (6) Local government councils.
Hon Hassan made this call while addressing a world press conference held at the party secretariat on Wednesday along Yakubu Gowon way opposite NTA, Jos.
According to him, the candidate of the APC should be disqualified from participating ow
ing to her inability to obtain PVC and she hasn’t contributed to the progress of the grassroots politics all her life.
We observe with displeasure that the APC are planning to import political thugs from Jos North Local Government Council for them to rig election or use money in buying votes as alleged.
The Chairman expressed optimism of winning the forthcoming bye election considering their rigorous campaign strategy within two months of imbibing on House to House campaign.
He disclosed that the party still pass a vote of confidence on their candidate, Hon George Daika who is a seasoned politician who’s contribution can’t be ignored, adding that that PDP brought him on board with his wealth of experience in legislative business .
We support someone with credibility as a former parliamentarian that has served in West African plenary. So there is no space for inexperienced candidate of the APC, we are warning them not to take their report for granted or see it as a threat.
Hassan said for Lalong government that promised to implement the N30,000.00 minimum wage and now reneged on his campaign, “it is sad that we can’t vote for incompetence again.
He cleared doubt perpetuated by the APC saying that the court judgment has disqualified the PDP candidate of south, George Daika, saying, “that it is not true as well as its an attempt to mislead and confuse our teaming supporters ahead of election.”
However, PDP challenged the prof. Nora Daduut to produce her voters card, “because we are confident and ready to celebrate their landslide victory, Plateau south need a candidate with good records of achievements.
We appeal to adhoc staff to ensure transparency not to allow themselves to be used in this APC rigging in the forthcoming election. We call for calm and we have alerted our supporters to come out and cast their votes without any intimidation.
We are also aware of the internal wrangling in APC which they failed to conduct primaries and the manner they imposed candidates with impunity generated conflict within them.
In his reaction, the State Chairman of APC Hon. Latep Dabang who dismissed all the allegations raised by the PDP described them as the ranting of a drowning political party and figment of their imagination.
“I want to declare that Professor Nora Dadu’ut has been a member of APC since 2014. I have the register of all the party faithful; this is just political propaganda and mischief to discourage our supporters. She is 153 on the register list from her ward. She is an active member of APC, the PDP is just dissipating its energy in vain.
“I will equally advise the PDP to concentrate on its prevailing crisis. I don’t think the party can survive on the Plateau again, they are gone, the engine is not just there what people are seeing is just the body, PDP in Plateau State is like a car without engine.
“They cannot make headway in Plateau South, this is the Senatorial district of Governor Simon Lalong, the deputy Speaker House of Representatives Hon. Idris Maje, Minister of Women Affairs Mrs.Pauline Tallen and host of other. They should forget the election, PDP cannot make headway in Plateau South”.
Former presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party in the 2023 general election, Adewole Adebayo said, God has told him that the party will produce the next president in 2027 general election.
Speaking over the weekend in Abeokua when he met the members and executive who were led by the State Chairman, Yinka Ola-Williams, said he could confirm that a President of SDP will mount Aso Rock villa in 2027.
“One thing that God is telling me is that there will be an SDP president in the villa in 2027.
“For the first time in a long time, we will have people who care for the people. Let’s remain focused. The problems of Nigeria are our problems, not individuals.
“We are not against Tinubu as a person but we are against hunger, inflation, poverty, insecurity, unemployment. That’s what we are against,” he said.
Buttressing Adebayo’s position on modalities of joining the party, the SDP Chairman in Ogun State, Mr. Yinka Ola-Williams, disowned 30,000 membership cards and registers allegedly being flaunted by one of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) aspirants in the 2023 governorship election in the State.
Ola-Williams said the party’s door is widely opened to anybody who wants to join, but such a person or group, no matter how highly placed, must follow the procedure as laid down in the party’s constitution.
He emphatically stated that the party had nothing to do with the membership cards and registers claimed by the aspirant, who said he got them from the party’s National Secretariat.
“We want people to join us, and we want to work together to provide a better government than what we have now that will remove poverty, provide a better healthcare system for people, improve education and all.
“But not that they come to the party, hijack the party and take the structure away. That’s what we will not agree,” Ola-Williams said.
Barrister Adewole Adebayo, the 2023 Presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the 2023 general election, apprehensive of massive defection to the party urged defectors to go through legitimate route and due process.
Speaking over the weekend in Abeokuta, Adebayo when he met with SDP members and executive members led by the State Chairman, Yinka Ola-Williams, said the party is open to defectors, but they must do so legitimately.
Flanked by the former Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung, the former presidential candidate allayed fears that defectors may hijack the party, stressing that the National Working Committee of SDP can only issue membership cards through the executive at the state levels.
He said, “People are counterfeiting naira, they are counterfeiting the dollar, they’re bringing counterfeit rice, and NAFDAC is chasing counterfeit drugs. Why are you surprised that there are counterfeit party cards? Especially if the party cards are carried by counterfeit politicians who have a history of doing counterfeiting in their former parties. So, we should forgive everybody, but this counterfeiting will not work in SDP.”
“We are not fighting anybody we are only saying ‘come to our house through the front door not through the ceiling or the window.’ That’s all. Everybody here joined the party legitimately, anybody coming will join legitimately”.
“We have spoken to the National Chairman and the NWC, he said there’s no counterfeiting of anything. Any card that’s not given through the state, LG and executives is not from the SDP. So, if they come, you will tell them to go away. Put your name in our register here and pay us here. We will get the card for you. That’s how it is”.
“They want to run faster than their legs. Secondly, you are hearing rumors that people are coming to our party, Awolowo is coming, Azikiwe is coming, Balewa, Ahmadu Bello is coming. Let’s see them. Nigerians know us and they know them.”
He ruled out any plan that SDP would merge or collaborate with the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC or any political party ahead of 2027 general election.
According to him, SDP is committed to the well-being and welfare of Nigerians, while he ruled out insinuations that the party is an appendage of APC.
“Maybe APC has appendicitis; they should go to the hospital to kill it. We are a strong party. We are older than any of the parties available. Our mission is clear: we are not in government with them.
“I led the party in the last election. I’m still standing here. I’m not a minister under Tinubu; all the state chairman and the national chairman are intact, including the national secretary. So, we are standing on our own.
“The reason people look down on us is because we don’t attack people, but we tackle issues because our party is a party of intellect. We are the only party that’s a little to the left. Having been a little to the left since we came in 1989, we remain so.
“The problems of Nigeria can only be found with solutions on the left, which is that chapter two of the Constitution, invest money in education, in housing, in healthcare, good infrastructure, let Nigerians live what chief Obafemi Awolowo called a life more abundant,” he said.
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has expressed his heartfelt condolences to the Governor of Katsina State, Malam Dikko Umar Radda, over the passing of his mother, Hajiya Safarau Umar Baribari.
In a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Edwin Olofu, Dr. Ganduje described Hajiya Safarau’s death as a profound loss that has left a deep void in the hearts of her family, friends, and the people of Katsina State.
Extending his sympathies, the APC National Chairman condoled with Governor Radda, the bereaved family, and the entire people of Katsina State during this difficult time.
He acknowledged the remarkable contributions of the late Hajiya Safarau and prayed for Almighty Allah (SWT) to grant her eternal rest in Jannatul Firdaus while strengthening the family to bear this irreplaceable loss.
Dr. Ganduje urged Governor Radda and others affected to find comfort in the cherished memories and enduring legacy of the deceased.
Reaffirming the APC’s support, the former Kano State governor assured the people of Katsina State of the party’s solidarity in their time of grief and prayed that Allah (SWT) grant the departed soul Al-Jannah Firdaus. Ameen.
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