BREAKING NEWS: PDP says no Governorship Candidate yet in Taraba State The National Leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP has declares that its yet to have a governorship candidate in Taraba State . PDP Deputy National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus interacting with newsmen at Wadata Plaza PDP national secretariat in Abuja said the party is yet to present or elect any candidate for the Taraba state governorship election. Secondus said until all issues revolving round the crisis in Taraba PDP are resolves, no candidate will emerge. The party has till January 16 2015 to submit its list of governorship candidate to the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC. Controversy of Ishaku’s Candidature Various interest group has continue to call on the PDP leadership and President Jonathan to drop former minister Darius Ishaku as the PDP flag bearer for the February poll. Ishaku was selected in Abuja by some stakeholders and Taraba born Elder Stateman Gen. TY Danjuma. But elected PDP delegates rejected his candidature calling for a free, fair and transparent primary election in Jalingo, the state capital. Analysts say PDP has a slim chance of winning Taraba State if it presents Ishaku as its candidate. Ishaku is believed to be very unpopular in the state. Taraba socio-cultural group, Taraba Peoples Assembly (TPA) in a statement said “It is not too late, today, Jonathan is no longer visible in Taraba State, and we see a PDP governorship candidate that has no electoral value from his home stead. “We see the popularity of President Jonathan diminishing fast because the acting governor, Sani Abubakar Danlandi is working for the APC. He has ensured that a weak aspirant was imposed as PDP candidate. All bill boards with President Jonathan’s picture in the state have been pulled down under the new acting governor’s instruction. “At no time has the electorates voted against the PDP in Taraba State, but we now witness the strongest political party in Africa imposing the weakest governorship candidate in the history of the state politics. “If President Jonathan and the PDP is serious about winning any election in Taraba, a popular and acceptable candidate should be fielded. Today the chance of PDP in Taraba is floating,” the group said.
Posted on: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 22:13:29 +0000
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