– PDP chairman Sheriff said there would be
no more imposition of candidates
– He blamed impunity for the party’s loss of
Adamawa and Borno state in the 2015
election
– PDP delegation from Adamawa pledged
their support to Sheriff
The national chairman of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ali Modu
Sheriff said the era of imposition of
candidates was over.
Speaking to a delegation of PDP from
Adamawa state led by its chairman, Joel
Madaki, who paid him a visit at the party’s
national secretariat, Sheriff assured that
candidates would not be imposed in the
party’s forthcoming congresses and national
convention, PM News reports.
According to him, nobody would be allowed
to manipulate the process in the forthcoming
congresses.
“We will conduct congresses that will not be
manipulated by anybody. We will send people
to local governments to bring out persons
that the people want to be their leaders.
“I want to assure you that only the right
thing will be done in Adamawa and every
other state. I will not impose anybody on the
people ,” he said.
Sheriff said before the 2015 elections were
held, he knew the party was going to lose
Adamawa state. He noted that the PDP lost
the last elections in Adamawa and Borno
states for the same reasons.
“I know we would lose Adamawa because of
the level of imposition of candidates.
Someone who is not recognised by his
people was made a candidate. Everything
about politics is local ,” he stated.
“We have no reason to lose Adamawa and
Borno states. The same reason why we do
not have legislatures in Adamawa and Borno
is the impunity with which the party was
run ,” the PDP chairman said.
In an earlier remark, Madaki said they came
to pledge their support to the new chairman
of the party and also brief him on the
challenges confronting the party at the state
level.
He was optimistic that Sheriff would rebuild
the party for greater performance in the
future.
Also speaking, former senator, Grace Bent
said PDP in Adamawa had passed through
many challenges, while calling on Sheriff to
call members and leaders of the party in the
state together for a meeting to unite
everybody.
Earlier, the Ike Ekweremadu, the deputy
Senate president said manipulation has
always been the major problem of the PDP .
The party held its 69th National Executive
Committee meeting on Monday, March 7,
where it approved the date for its national
convention.
The convention would hold on May 21 in Port
Harcourt, Rivers state and new national
officers would be elected. The party resolved
to end the tenure of Sheriff and other
members of its National Working Committee
on May 21.
Title : I KNOW WHY PDP FAILS IN 2015 ELECTION SAYS ALI MODU SHERIFF
Description : – PDP chairman Sheriff said there would be no more imposition of candidates – He blamed impunity for the party’s loss of Adamawa and Bor...