By Chuks Okocha As the race for the Adamawa State governorship election gathers steam, former political adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan and governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ahmed Gulak , yesterday expressed doubt over the membership of some aspirants, including former military administrator of Lagos State, Buba Marwa and Marcus Gundiri. Gulak said they had not fulfilled the two year constitutional provision by the PDP for them to be granted waiver as members. Gulak insisted that he was not aware that Marwa, an aspirant under PDP had met the waiver criteria as he joined PDP upon the emergence of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Former gubernatorial candidate, Gundiri, also joined the PDP same time Marwa did. Gulak who disclosed this yesterday at the PDP national secretariat after he picked the expression of interest and nomination forms, also said the former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, was welcomed to join the PDP provided he was ready to eat his vomit over negative comments he made against PDP. The former presidential aide said that President Goodluck Jonathan was aware of his ambition as he had intimated him before picking his forms. The PDP has billed its Ward congress for September 1 and party primary on September 2014. Commenting on the waiver of Marwa and other aspirants, Gulak, who cited section 50 of the PDPs constitution which provides a two year period for waiver, noted I am not aware that Marwa and some others have followed the waiver provisions as contained in the partys constitution as long as anyone wants to contest”. He added, Procedures for waivers are clearly spelt out in the constitution beginning from the ward through the zonal levels. You must have been a member of the party for two years. On speculated moves by Ribadu to join the PDP, Gulak who described Ribadu as a friend and brother, recalled that the former EFCC chairman was a presidential candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and was in the vanguard of the APC merger. Gulak while quoting a statement of Ribadu upon the merger of the APC that he would not join PDP even if he was offered the presidential ticket for free said, if he decides to summersault and eat his words he is welcome to PDP. He continued he is welcome any time any day, whether in APC or any other party, it is the people that will elect them. Nobody can sit somewhere and decide who becomes governor of a place. On whether he consulted the president on his ambition, Gulak said Mr president is the leader of party and father of the nation. Everybody is supposed to intimate him on his intention to stand. But he is always by the people and he knows that the voice of the people is the voice of God. I have informed Mr president of my ambition just like other aspirants ought to have done and he will not tell you not to since It in an ambition”.
Posted on: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 22:54:59 +0000
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