The re-election bid of Governor Idris Wada of Kogi State may have suffered a major setback following indications that former President, Goodluck Jonathan and some entrenched interests within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), are against his return to the Government House in Lokoja.
The immediate past President and his supporters were said to have accused Wada of being responsible for the party’s defeat by the All Progressives Congress (APC) during the presidential election.
A highly placed source said that the ex-President believes that Wada supported the APC presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari because he is a Muslim, adding that his grouse with Wada also bordered on the latter’s visit to former President, Olusegun Obasanjo in his Abeokuta home in Ogun State, at the height of the presidential campaign.
Wada lost in his ward and local government to the APC during the last presidential election, despite the alleged “huge war chest” made available to him by the presidency to prosecute the March 28 election.
It was gathered that other forces against Wada’s emergence as the PDP governorship flag bearer include the party’s former national chairman, Dr. Ahmadu Ali and former Governor Ibrahim Idris.
The PDP National Working Committee (NWC), on Wednesday postponed the governorship primary in Kogi State from Thursday to Monday, September 14, attributing the shift to logistics issues.
It was gathered that the party is actually shopping for Wada’s replacement, which is the real reason for the last day postponement of the governorship primary. [myad]
Use and dump attitude of pdp