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Adamawa Bye Election: PDP NWC Split Over Party Primary Election by igbokwesampson(m): 6:43am On Aug 28, 2014
Source: http://www.punchng.com/news/pdp-nwc-members-split-over-adamawa-primary/

Members of the National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party have split into three factions over the conduct of the party’s governorship primary in Adamawa State.
It was learnt that each of the factions was supporting three different aspirants for the primary, which is slated for September 6 in Yola, the state capital.
While a faction was said to be rooting for the former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, two other factions were said to be rooting the former Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission, Alhaji Mohammed Modibbo and the Acting Governor of the state, Alhaji Ahmadu Fintiri respectively.
A member of the NWC, who spoke in confidence with our correspondent, said there were many reasons given by each group for supporting a particular candidate.
Those supporting Ribadu were said to have argued that it would be wrong to disgrace him from the race, after he had stomached his pride by jettisoning his presidential ambition in the opposition All Progressives Congress and defected to the PDP.
It was said that the group further said that even if the party would not support his ambition, he should be granted a waiver to enable him take part in the primary.
However, those opposed to the candidacy of the former Chairman of EFCC were said to have been supported by a senior national officer of the party outside the NWC (name withheld). The party leader was said to have vehemently opposed Ribadu’s candidacy.
He was said to have argued that granting Ribadu and others waivers was capable or eroding the confidence of loyal members of the party.
“You don’t just grant people waivers like that. It is wrong, especially now that we are entering the crucial period when people who are aggrieved could just abandon our party for the opposition,” the senior party member was said to have argued.
Supporters of Modibbo, who were said to also be handful, were said to have argued that because of his large followership in the state and that he was capable of winning the election.
Besides, they said that he remained the only one who had come out with a clear developmental programme for the state.
For Fintiri, his supporters were said to have argued that he needed to be compensated for helping the party to regain the state from the shackles of the opposition.
Besides, they added that he had brought many members of the party, who defected with the former Governor Murtala Nyako, back to the PDP.
Meanwhile, the leadership of the party on Wednesday engaged in a stormy session over granting of waiver to the aspirants who recently defected to PDP from the opposition party.
Apart from Ribadu, those who also need the waiver to enable them contest the governorship primary are a former Military Administrator of Lagos State, Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa (retd.) and a former governorship candidate of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria in 2011, Mr. Marcus Gundiri.
Timetable earlier released by the party indicated that the screening of the 14 governorship aspirants would hold at the party’s national headquarters in Abuja on Thursday (today).
However, after the meeting of the NWC, which ended around 8:20pm, the members said they had shifted the screening till Saturday while the names of the screening panel would be released on Friday.
The National Organising Secretary of the party, Alhaji Abubakar Mustapha, who stated this in a brief interview with journalists, also said the issue of waiver was receiving attention.
Re: Adamawa Bye Election: PDP NWC Split Over Party Primary Election by amjou: 6:48am On Aug 28, 2014
Thier business
Re: Adamawa Bye Election: PDP NWC Split Over Party Primary Election by Bright2(m): 7:02am On Aug 28, 2014
Pls don't fvck Ribadu up it's not his fault,you people knew all these before inviting to leave his party for yours. There is God ooo in every thing you are doing.
Re: Adamawa Bye Election: PDP NWC Split Over Party Primary Election by Chibaba247(m): 7:15am On Aug 28, 2014
All their points ar clear and well understood,except dat of d acting governor, bt let dem consider d waiver anyway
Re: Adamawa Bye Election: PDP NWC Split Over Party Primary Election by 1United1: 7:21am On Aug 28, 2014
I thought Ribadu said he was ready to serve Adamawa State in any capacity? Let them compensate him with Local government chairmanship now tongue Ndi Umbllera Ndi Ara!!
Re: Adamawa Bye Election: PDP NWC Split Over Party Primary Election by Nobody: 7:28am On Aug 28, 2014
PDP as a party does not respect the will of party members. Ribadu just came in and wants to be given waiver at the expense of loyal Party men and women. Anyway, it is absolutely a PDP affair but I plead with the PDP to handle this maturedly and no let it denigrate into another Boko-Haram
Re: Adamawa Bye Election: PDP NWC Split Over Party Primary Election by Daguccizgreat(m): 7:51am On Aug 28, 2014
They shud not just mess this guy up after leaving the janjaweedians. I think he will transform Adamawa unlike the former mango plantation governor.
Re: Adamawa Bye Election: PDP NWC Split Over Party Primary Election by koboko69: 8:56am On Aug 28, 2014
Ribadu was warned...

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