Mallam Nuhu Ribadu
Some governorship aspirants of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party in Adamawa State have asked the party not to grant waiver to the ex-Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu and others who seek waivers to contest the party’s primary.
The aspirants, in a petition submitted at the PDP national headquarters in Abuja on Thursday, said that Ribadu and three other aspirants should be disallowed from taking part in the primary.
Apart from Ribadu, the other aspirants the petitioners asked to be denied waiver are Mohammed Modibbo, Mr. Marcus Gundiri, Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa (retd.) and Aliyu Kama, another retired general.
The seven aspirants who signed the petition are Dr. Umar Ardo, Mr. Ahmed Gulak, Mr. James Barka, Sen. Andrawus Sawa, Sen. Abubakar Halilu Girei, Dr. Idi Hong and Alhaji Awwal Tukur.
The petition, which was sent to the Chairman of the waiver panel, who is also the party’s National Organising Secretary, Abubakar Mustapha, was titled “Objection to granting of waivers for the purpose of contesting the Peoples Democratic Party’s governorship primaries in Adamawa State for the forthcoming October 11 bye-election.”
The petitioners argued that Ribadu, Gunduri and Modibbo joined the PDP for the first time only recently, while Marwa and Kama returned to the PDP less than two years ago.
“We would ordinarily have had no objection to their being granted waiver to contest the governorship election, but what we cannot consent to is their presenting themselves for contest without subjecting themselves to the constitutional provisions of seeking waivers and strictly adhering to the process and for the national leadership to act otherwise,” the petition read in part.
However, two of the affected aspirants have reacted to the accusation.
While Modibbo, in a statement by his media assistant, Mr. Julius Toba, said he had been a member of the party for long, Ribadu described his enemies as empty shell.
Ribadu, in his reaction, said, “those huffing and buffing over the entrance of Mallam Nuhu Ribadu into this race portray themselves as empty shells that they are.
“The attempt to truncate a legitimate process is totally condemnable and uncalled for.
“There is no basis for opposition to granting of the waiver. We don’t seek for advantage over any aspirant. What we advocate for is for everybody to be allowed to participate in an open and transparent manner. No party member is superior to another.”
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