There are strong indications that the former National
Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator
Banabas Gemade has decided to join the opposition All
Progressives Congress, APC, to realize his re-election bid in
the Senate.
Already Senator Gemade who represents Benue North East
Senatorial District has tendered a letter of withdrawal from
the PDP’s senatorial primaries expected to hold tomorrow
as a result of the alleged hijack of the process by the State
Governor, Gabriel Suswan.
A close ally of the erstwhile National
Chairman of the PDP who spoke to
Saturday Vanguard on the condition
of anonymity hinted that Senator
Gemade may likely pick the APC
form on Monday to contest the
senatorial election in the area.
The source further stated that
Gemade who is the Chairman,
Senate Committee on National
Planning will join forces with the
former governor of the state and
Senate Minority Leader, Senator
George Akume to ensure that APC captures the state in 2015
general elections.
The source claimed that Senator Gemade decided to leave
the PDP because the National Working Committee, NWC, of
the PDP, turned down the list of his (Gemade) delegates and
recognized the governor’s list which he claimed were
allegedly written in the comfort of his Anyiim, Logo country
home, Benue State.
It will be recalled that Senator Akume was allegedly pushed
out of the PDP and he joined the opposition party to win his
election in 2011 and has become a Chieftain of the APC and
Minority Leader in the senate.
Senator Gemade in his withdrawal letter addressed to the
National Chairman of the PDP Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu dated
December 2nd, 2014, with the title “PDP primary elections
for Senate 2015-withdrawal”, complained about lack of
transparency and level playing field in the way and manner
the party’s primary election is being conducted.
He lamented over his alleged forceful withdrawal from the
PDP senatorial primaries, saying that he had realised that
things had degenerated to the level that no one should
expect a level playing field or even any democratic action in
the party’s affairs.
He said that as a founding member of the PDP in 1998 and
indeed the leader of the Conveners in Benue State, he was
pained by the undemocratic developments in the party
where the party structure was surrendered to the state
government.
Senator Gemade noted, with dismay, that there was no
room for an honest and law abiding member of PDP in
having a fair chance in any contest in the forthcoming
primary elections as anyone who was capable of
manipulating the process, albeit illegally, was free to do so,
and will be protected.
The letter for his withdrawal read in part: “I am constrained
to write you for the fourth time in two months on the subject
matter of the happenings in the PDP in my state as they
affect me and our teeming members who have toiled over
the years to give victory to our party for four consecutive
general elections.
“As a founding member of this party in 1998 and indeed the
leader of the Conveners in Benue State, I am pained by
these developments and I want to put on record my feelings
even if there is no result arising from it.
“At least, the history of my service as convener, member
national steering committee, member Executive Committee
(NEC), member National Working Committee (NWC),
member Board of Trustees (BOT), National Chairman and
Chairman National Caucus should count.
“I have come to realise that things have got to a point where
one cannot expect a level playing ground or even any
democratic action in our affairs in the party.

SOURCE::::: www.vanguardngr.com/2014/12/ex-pdp-national-chairman-gemade-joins-apc/

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Asawo Polithiefians

They are all desperate and greedy politicians seeking to grab power by all means even if it means joining devils party!
Where's the average masses in all these?

Trust our brothers to baptise him as the newest Progressive.
Bunch of hypocrites