Following the crisis currently rocking the Rivers State chapter of
the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), due to the outcome of the
delegates’ elections, over 19 governorship aspirants have threatened
President Goodluck Jonathan.
The governorship aspirants on Thursday in a statement issued in
Abuja under the platform of Rivers Mainstream Coalition, the group
threatened that the President stands the risk of losing 2 million votes
in the state if their grievances are not addressed by the party’s
national leadership.
The aggrieved politicians promised to move against any attempt by the party to impose former Education Minister, Mr. Nyesom Wike as its governorship candidate in the state, and went ahead to demand the dissolution of the State Executive Committee of the party as well as the cancellation of the November1 ward delegate election.
They called on the President to prevail on the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party to abide by the policy of rotation and zoning of party and public elective offices. They also warned the PDP to stop risking the 2 million votes from the state by doing the right thing.
Speaking on behalf of the concerned Rivers State PDP stakeholders, Professor Israel Owate lamented while the national leadership of the party was ignoring the complaints from the state.
He said the party’s leadership had in the past wades into and resolved crisis in other states of the nation which do not have the same voting strength and had far less complicated matters compared to those of Rivers State.
The group warned that if the issues are not resolved, then the party would risk the attainment of the usual two million votes in the presidential election because of the unwarranted governorship ambition of wike as well as some alleged acts of impunity perpetrated by the state EXCO to favour the candidacy of wike.
The aggrieved politicians promised to move against any attempt by the party to impose former Education Minister, Mr. Nyesom Wike as its governorship candidate in the state, and went ahead to demand the dissolution of the State Executive Committee of the party as well as the cancellation of the November1 ward delegate election.
They called on the President to prevail on the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party to abide by the policy of rotation and zoning of party and public elective offices. They also warned the PDP to stop risking the 2 million votes from the state by doing the right thing.
Speaking on behalf of the concerned Rivers State PDP stakeholders, Professor Israel Owate lamented while the national leadership of the party was ignoring the complaints from the state.
He said the party’s leadership had in the past wades into and resolved crisis in other states of the nation which do not have the same voting strength and had far less complicated matters compared to those of Rivers State.
The group warned that if the issues are not resolved, then the party would risk the attainment of the usual two million votes in the presidential election because of the unwarranted governorship ambition of wike as well as some alleged acts of impunity perpetrated by the state EXCO to favour the candidacy of wike.
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