May 25, (THEWILL) – Delegates of the People’s Democratic Party PDP in Taraba on Wednesday, stoned the convoy of the state Governor, Arc. Darius Ishaku and his Deputy Engr. Haruna Manu, at the Catholic Pastoral Centre Jalingo.
THEWILL correspondent reports that the Deputy Governor had driven to the venue, where the delegates who were supposed to vote at the party’s Congress to elect a Gubernatorial candidate today were hosted, when the delegates in defiance drove the Deputy Governor away with stones.
Shortly after, the state Governor’s convoy drove into the arena, but was not allowed to stop, as the delegates started stoning the convoy, insisting that they had no desire to talk to the governor and the entire leadership of the party.
Delegates, who spoke to our correspondent, said that they were not comfortable with the imposition of the state PDP party Chairman as an aspirant, when he only became part of the process barely 48 hours to the primaries.
Recall that posters of the Chairman of the party, Col. Kefas Agbu (Rtd), who had earlier denied being a part of the governorship race in the state, sprung all over the state capital shortly after the former Minister of Defence, General Theophilus Danjuma, flew in and allegedly anointed him as his candidate for the party’s flag come 2023.
Consequently, the action generated condemnation and agitations from stakeholders, who insisted that they would not have the elder statesman impose a candidate on the party again.
Stakeholders also added that the candidate is the sitting Chairman of the party, who hails from the same zone as the incumbent governor, who is about to complete his second term in office.
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