Source: .com.ng


President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday appeared before a presidential screening committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Jonathan, who arrived at the party’s secretariat at 3.15 pm, in company with Vice President Namadi Sambo and ministers, went straight to the screening venue.
The exercise lasted for about an hour, with the Ahmadu Ali-led committee discharging the President after the closed screening session.

After the exercise, the President left the secretariat as quietly as he came in.

The National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Olisa Metuh, who spoke to reporters after the screening, said it was necessary for the President to comply with the processes leading to the primaries and ratification.

According to him, the President was not in anyway disadvantaged before now and that his humility at submitting to party processes spoke volume of his compliance with party supremacy.

Metuh said the result of the screening would be released by the party’s leadership within 24 hours.

The leadership of the PDP has voided the disqualification of its aspirants by the screening appeal committees across the states.

A statement yesterday by the party urged the affected aspirants to disregard the disqualification orders.