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PDP Primaries: 6 Aspirants Petitions Kogi Chairman Over Alleged Manipulation Of Delegates List

From Noah Ocheni, Lokoja

Six out of seven senatorial aspirants of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) from the central senatorial district in Kogi state have petitioned the national secretariat of the party over alleged manipulation of the delegates’ list by the state chairman of the party, Engr. Sam Uhuotu.

The aggrieved aspirants are Senator Ahmed Ogembe, Hon. Abdulkareem Salihu, Muhammed Onimisi, Etudaye Muhammed, Ibrahim Yakubu Adoke and Mahmud Ademu Attah.

Senator Ahmed Ogembe in a joint press conference with aggrieved aspirants at the venue of the primary accused the state chairman of the party for manipulating the list of the delegates from the five local government councils in the central senatorial district in the state.

He noted that out of seven aspirants six of them have petitioned the national chairman of the party and they all believe that they will take action.

He said he decided to withdraw from the primary since the process was not free, fair, credible and transparent.

Among the aspirants who stayed to witnessed the primary election includes Muhammed Onimisi, Etudaye Muhammed and Mahmud Ademu Attah.

Barrister Mrs. Natasha Akpoti Uduaghan decamped from the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and join the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to contest for the Kogi Central Senatorial primary.

All efforts to reach the state chairman of the party proved abortive as at press time.

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