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Taraba APC primaries: Six Governorship aspirants threaten to quit APC

By Danzumi Ishaku, Jalingo.

Six gubernatorial aspirants under the platform of APC have threatened to quit the party if the national leadership of the party failed to address disquiet emanating from the primary election in the state.

Sen. Yusuf Yusuf, one of the gubernatorial aspirants issued the threat on Friday while addressing newsnen in Jalingo.

Daybreak news reports that the six aspirants are; Chief David Kente, Sen. Yusuf Yusuf, Danladi Kifasi, Dr Anthony Manzo, Alhaji Sale Mamman and Prof. Sani Yahaya.

Yusuf said that there was no election in the state, refgretting why the election returning Officer would declare a purported result at the airport.

He said that all stakeholders had met at the headquarters of the police and agreed for the suspension of the said election in another time.

He also said that the aspirants would adopt internal party mechanism and justice to get redress over the primary election infraction in the party.

Our correspondent reports that Mr Lawrence Onuchukwu, the returning Officer of the governorship primary election in the state declared Sen. Emmanuel Bwacha as the winner of the purported election at the Danbaba Suntai Airport Jalingo.

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