A group within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi State has asked the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party to disqualify three aspirants who are from the same family and are seeking the party’s ticket to contest the November 16 governorship election in the state.
Identified as Forum of PDP Professionals, the group made the request in a letter signed by its coordinator, Dr Temitope Atteh, and addressed to the PDP national secretary, Alhaji Umar Tsauri, Daily Trust reports.
It was gathered that the group said the disqualification of the said aspirants should be done before Tuesday, September 3.
According to the forum, the party risks defeat by the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the elections, unless the three aspirants were pushed out of the race. The particular aspirants have been identified as Idris Wada, a former governor of the state; his younger brother, Engr Musa Wada; and Engr Wada’s brother-in-law, Abubakar Ibrahim Idris.
The letter read: “There is palpable fear across the leadership and rank and file of our party that if this danger is not confronted and contained before we go into primaries, it may become intractable thereafter and could ignite series of actions and reactions that will lead to failure of our party at the polls.”
Atteh insisted that the development was dangerous for the party, lamenting that party stakeholders and elders were divided.
