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About 16 aggrieved Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirants from Rivers State, yesterday called on the national leadership of the Party to disqualify the former Minister of State for Education, Barrister Nyesom Wike in the 2015 governorship election.
The aspirants accused Wike, who is also a PDP governorship aspirant of
compromising and corrupting the entire process of the last ward congress in the
state.
Allegations of irregularity reportedly marred the congress in most wards.
They spoke during a briefing in Abuja, adding that the PDP National Working
Committee (NWC) should cancel the flawed Rivers ward delegate elections.
Otherwise, they will seek court action if prompt measure is not taken.
The aspirants are Major. Lancelot Ayanya (rtd), Engr. Beks Dagogo-Jack,
Hon. Bernard Mikko, Prof. Don Baridam, Chief Barrister Dumo Lulu-Briggs, Hon
Gabriel Pidomson and Abieatedoghu Bob-Abbey.
Others are Senator Lee Maeba, Barrister Nimi Walson-Jack, Capt. Nwankwo
Sunday, Hon Oseleye Dennis Ojuka, Chief, Paweriso Samuel, Engr. Sampson Ngerebara,
Dr. Silva Opusunju, Hon. Tamunososisi Gogo Jaja and Prince Tonye Princewill.
Leader of the Rivers Mainstream Coalition, Prof. Israel Owate, who spoke on
behalf of the 16 aspirants stated that the Rivers Ward Congress Electoral
Committee, chaired by Dr. Yakubu Gambo should also be disbanded.
Owate said: "We call on the NWC of the PDP to cancel the flawed Rivers
state ward delegate elections. That barr. Nyesom Wike should be disqualified as
a governorship aspirant for compromising and corrupting the processes leading
to the ward delegate elections and bringing the PDP to disrepute in Rivers
State and the nation.
"We call on the NWC of the PDP to invoke its constitutional powers as
provided in part viii section 5, sub section 5 (2)(e) of the PDP constitution
as amended to dissolve the docile and incompetent two-man Rivers state working
committee and appoint a care-taker committee to run the party until another
executive committee is elected."
Owate alleged that Gambo, who is also current Universal Basic Education
Commission (UBEC) Executive Secretary,
Dr. Olu Ayewoh (committee member), Mr. Chuks Awiti (Committee Secretary), Mrs.
Uzo Nwanda among others are cronies of Wike.
However, they asked the NWC to order fresh registration of PDP members in
the state in order to produce authentic party membership registers for the
Rivers PDP.
The aspirants justified their claim while emphasizing that President
Goodluck Jonathan, on November 1st, 2014 had to revalidate his registration as
a member before voting during his ward congress.
"We are shocked that the NWC could set up a ward congress electoral
committee for Rivers state composed solely of persons who worked under
Barrister Nyesom Wike and received his patronage at the Federal Ministry of
Education. It is obvious that Barrister Wike constituted this panel in his own
interest for the NWC. We stand to be corrected.
"As leaders of Rivers State PDP, We had raised the issue of the legitimacy of the State, council and ward party executives including the
absence of party registers among other issues to the national leadership of our
party and recently to the South-South Integration Committee constituted by the
NWC," they added.
On zoning, the aspirants asked that elective offices in the state should be
zoned as being done in Akwa Ibom, Ebonyi, Adamawa and Enugu state.
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