Ahead of this week’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primaries to elect candidates for National Assembly elections, indications have emerged that, Maryam, wife of an incumbent member of the House of Representatives and eldest daughter of the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua may have been offered the Reps ticket on a platter of gold.

Maryam, who is married to Hon. Badamasi Kabir Usman, was spared a tough contest for the office as all the gladiators that were struggling to make it to the National Assembly have been reportedly directed to step down for her.

Ironically, her husband who hitherto declared his bid to return to the lower chamber of the National Assembly had been hospitalised in London since he fell into a coma about a fortnight ago.
The lawmaker who is also the son of the late Emir of Katsina and younger brother of the present Katsina monarch was said to have fallen into coma in his hotel room overseas but nobody discovered his situation until after about 24 hours.

The automatic ticket given to Maryam who is also a Special Adviser to Governor Ibrahim Shema has caused an uproar in the party. The ruling party had about a week ago screened aspirants for the National Assembly elections. Members of the party screened to contest for the Katsina Central Federal Constituency include the state Commissioner for Youths, Bishir Gambo Saulawa, Abba M. T. Usman, proprietor of Liyafa Palace Hotel, and about four others.

Investigations showed that former First Lady, Turai, and Maryam had since travelled to London to nurse the lawmaker whose condition was believed to be in a critical condition. Speculations that Badamasi had actually died swept through Katsina early in the week. But this had been refuted by sources close to the family. A dependable source who pleaded anonymity told Daily Sun that the directive to stop other opponents of Mr. Kabir Usman and allow Maryam to fly the PDP’s flag in the next general election emanated from “government.”

Contrary to expectations that Turai exerted her influence to give her daughter the party ticket, investigations revealed that Maryam was awarded the ticket by PDP chieftains still sympathetic to her family.
Meanwhile, a Board of Trustees (BoT) member of the PDP, Professor Jibril Aminu had alerted President Goodluck Jonathan and the national leadership of the party not to accept the rescheduled ward and local government congresses said to have been held in Adamawa State in view of the fact that it was glaringly manipulated by the state leadership of the party.

Senator Aminu, described the said Tuesday congresses as an outrage; a charade, and a slap on the face of democracy and national leadership of the PDP. He alleged that the rescheduled congresses could not hold because the prospective voters were disenchanted with the approach taken to conduct the congresses.

The PDP chieftain, who addressed newsmen at his Yola, residence, on Wednesday maintained that the earlier result of the congresses held on Tuesday, 28th December 2010 should rather be accepted by the national leadership of the party, while that of Tuesday 4th January, should be out rightly be discarded.
The Senator representing Adamawa Central Senatorial District alleged that there were no officials of INEC nor officials of the PDP at the wards across the state to conduct the congresses.

The PDP chieftain also alleged absence of registers of members at the wards, lack of adequate publicity about the congresses to members of the party in the state, adding that the party leadership had agreed prior to the conduct of the congresses to use valid membership cards for authentication of prospective voters at the ward congresses but these were disregarded. According to him, it was only security operatives that were seen in most of the wards whose presence were obviously not needed in a situation where those who should be voters were absent occasioned by their disenchantment about the rescheduled congresses.

The Senator, representing Adamawa Central Senatorial District, also alleged that the state chairman of the PDP, Alhaji Umar Mijimyawa Kugama, who was an aspirant for the House Representatives came to the state along with the committee members detailed to conduct the Tuesday, January 4 rescheduled ward and local government congresses of the party.

The chieftain said such scenario portends suspicion and was capable of manipulation and favoritism, hence the national secretariat of the party should disregard the result and uphold the December, 28th, 2010 congresses which was earlier certified and stamped by the national secretariat.

http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2011/jan/06/national-06-01-2011-002.htm

Nepotism at work. Useless country!

It would been nice for a commoner to defeat d mighty Yaradua dat is what is called democracy not dis charade practise in Nigeria, after all Winston Churchill lost d election in 1946 after winning d war for Britain.

They should first screen her medically. We dont want another person who is only 25% alive in power.

What a pretty theif SMH *sigh*

Nepotism indeed is rife in Nigeria and it is quite disgusting. Even though many politicians around the world have been elected, because of their family name, it is quite disheartening to see this happening in Nigeria. Day by day, I am start to see the need for a revolution in Nigeria. Not only a political revolution, but a cultural revolution that change the minds of the Nigerian people.

Maryam, who is married to Hon. Badamasi Kabir Usman, was spared a tough contest for the office as all the gladiators that were struggling to make it to the National Assembly have been reportedly directed to step down for her.

Sai Jonathan!!! crazy things dey happen under this man's watch walahi!

a leader that does not have his party in control and promising us the best election in history

Dis Guy:

Sai Jonathan!!! crazy things dey happen under this man's watch walahi!

a leader that does not have his party in control and promising us the best election in history

Another person trying too hard to make the president too popular. You mean the GEJ can go to Kastina and ask everyone to step down for the lady and they all agree without qualms?

I mean he can call them to order insist on proper nominations and not just arm twisting people to step down, he can actually say something cant he?

same with kwara-no to consensus candidate!

Family Cake

Real nepotism

pdp - its a family affair , its a family affair

Yaradua's you should leave leadership to others, please.

What evidence do you need again to know that your country is NIGERIA PLC? She is only inheriting her family's share options and declared dividends in the company.

PDP- People destroying people because of there selfish intersesting, am sure this lady dont know anything about politics , this country will never develop with this attitude!!

Dis Guy:

Sai Jonathan!!! crazy things dey happen under this man's watch walahi!

a leader that does not have his party in control and promising us the best election in history

Wetin be GEJ own for Yar Adua political family matter. why Atiku where dey claim democrat and Northern people concensus candidate no go interfere. very soon GEJ will be source of your failure in passing your exams because you did not study hard. Oloshi.

1.GEJ has nothing to do with this,its a state pdp affair.
2.I wonder why u are playing the Nepotism card.IMO they are all thieves,so is pdp from all the thieves choose 1,sorry guys the Nepo card is irrelevant & besides this happens in the u.s & other places alot.

it happens everywhere, even in the USA, family running politics so what?

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Allow dis man body to rest in peace.wia re dey bringin his daughter or why is d daughter goin into politics.Is it not the same wife dat advise the younger brother not to go into politics that is now supportin her own daughter well power intoxicate

Abduljohn:

Allow dis man body to rest in peace.wia re dey bringin his daughter or why is d daughter goin into politics.Is it not the same wife dat advise the younger brother not to go into politics that is now supportin her own daughter well power intoxicate

Dem say dem say, nigerian politics, some people on nairaland know more about turai than she knows about herself

Contrary to expectations that Turai exerted her influence to give her daughter the party ticket, investigations revealed that Maryam was awarded the ticket by PDP chieftains still sympathetic to her family.

we should all stand up and say no to political conpensation in nigeria

the lady is fine sha.

almost finer than the other daughters.

tpia1:

the lady is fine sha.

almost finer than the other daughters.

. . . and myself thinking Aisha is finer. 

^^i thought aisha was the finest too, but i'm just noticing maryam's photo.



aisha:





hard to tell, actually.

but maryam might be finer, though i could be wrong.

well ,i think he want to get is portion from the national cake on behave if her father.

l am dissapointed in nigerian politics,cos dis is a disgrace 2 a nation call nigeria.

Why people so like power like this. Are they forgotten that, we are going to account for what position we occupied in this world in the Hereafter. Many nigeria leaders will regret been in power, because nigerians are suffering

tpia1:

^^i thought aisha was the finest too, but i'm just noticing maryam's photo.



aisha:





hard to tell, actually.

but maryam might be finer, though i could be wrong.

Its clear Aisha is finer. My northern pal informs me she's not yet married. I trust say she go soon be 7th wife to a useless Alhaji.

na so e be o.

Hope she has been thoroughly diagnosed?

It's high time political science scholars fashion out a name for 9ja's system of democracy cos this is a far cry from what the inventors of democracy had in mind when they invented the system.