chairman -- Makarfi
The National Caretaker Chairman of the
opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,
Ahmed Makarfi, has disclosed that aspirants with
pending corruption cases in court will not be
disqualified from contesting the national
chairmanship position at the party’s elective
convention billed for December 9 in Abuja.
Mr. Makarfi made this declaration while fielding
questions from journalists on Saturday in Kaduna
when one of the candidates in the national
chairmanship race, Gbenga Daniel, alongside his
campaign entourage paid him a courtesy visit.
So far, eight candidates are jostling for the office
of national chairman. They include Bode George,
Jimi Agbaje, Gbenga Daniel, Tunde Adeniran,
Taoheed Adedoja and Rashidi Ladoja, Raymond
Dokpesi and Uche Secondus.
About four of them, Messrs. Dokpesi, Daniel,
Secondus and Ladoja, are facing corruption cases
in court.
Reports on Saturday said the leadership of the
party is muting the idea of dropping all those
facing prosecution in order not to jeopardize the
future of the party.
Mr. Makarfi, however, said such reports were
false.
“If you play that game (disqualification of
candidates based on pending EFCC case), that will
be playing into the hands of the government in
such a way that every one of us can be charged to
court so that PDP will have no candidate.
“Except you are convicted by a court of law,
nothing can stop you from contesting even the
general election not to talk of party issue, so we
shouldn’t play into the hands of those we want to
unseat,” he said.
Mr. Makarfi also threw more light on the alleged
disqualification of some candidates by a section
of members of the party’s Board of Trustee in the
South-west, saying “the decision of the party is to
be heard from the National Caretaker Committee
and we didn’t say so and I can affirm that nobody
was delegated to say so.
“Let me remind you that at our caucus meeting
that we had on Wednesday in Abuja, the BOT
Chairman categorically scolded those that did
that and he said they acted without directive and
the action was ultra vires as far as the BOT was
concerned.”
The PDP also reacted to reports that the
December 9 National Convention of the party may
be postponed due to lack of funds.
Mr. Makarfi said his committee is ready for the
convention as scheduled.
“There is no truth in that allegation. We are all
set, we are not lagging behind,” he said"


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PDP shall rise again, give Nigerians voice and give challenge Apc as a formidable opposition to our nascent and flexible democracy.
its gonna be POWER TO THE PEOPLE in the end.