Former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) seems to be facing trouble as Adamawa State Executive committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) whose governorship primary he won yesterday, has rejected his election, even as the party stakeholders in the state have resolved to boycott the presidential primaries in Abuja tomorrow.
At a press conference today, the National Working committee (NWC) said that its decision was based on the fact that Ribadu is an unpopular candidate that is being imposed on the party.
Professor Andrawus Sawa who read the text of the press conference said that such imposition of candidate would erode the strength of the party in the state, adding that it would also truncate democracy.
“It is evident that Adamawa state is a stronghold of PDP and in 2011 overwhelmingly voted Mr. President. It is unfortunate that this flagrant and open abuse of rule of law and impunity it is leading to the complete eradication of the party in the minds of our grassroot supporters”.
Adamawa PDP lamented that without due recourse to the party’s constitution of a 7 day notice, the purported Governorship primaries was said to have taken place at Abuja instead of Adamawa.
“More to that, the purported election was conducted in contravention of a court order restraining the PDP and INEC from using any delegates list order than the one recognized by all the party executive at all levels.”
All the governorship, senatorial and House of Representatives aspirants with the exception of Mallam Nuhu Ribadu were in attendance at the conferences.
Some of them called on the President to out rightly order a re-run of the governorship primaries in the State.
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