NINE governorship aspirants on the platform of All Progressive Congress (APC) in Nasarawa state have vowed to resist any change to the authentic delegate list affirmed by the national leadership of the party for the September 29 primaries in the state.
Mr Silas Agara, Nasarawa state Deputy Governor and one of the aspirants made the group’s position known in an interview with newsmen shortly after APC Zonal meeting held in Akwanga with party officials, delegates from the zone were in attendance.
Some of the aspirants who have also kicked against any change to the delegates list include Hon Ahmed Wadada, Alhaji Danladi Envuluanza, Hon Zakari Idde, Mr Dauda Kigbu, Mr Mohammed Maikaya, Dr James Angbazo and Arc. Shehu Tukur.
Agara said the resistance was due to credible information that some “undemocratic forces” had replaced the original list of delegates in some local governments with names of people who would favour their preferred candidate at the primaries.
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The Nasarawa state Deputy Governor, who refused to give names of those behind the alleged alternation of the delegates list, however, fingered government and party officials as being behind the plot to impose a candidate on the people.
He said the group collectively wrote to the national leadership of the party to rescue the situation by releasing the authentic list of delegates that would participate in the primaries across the state.
“We have collectively agreed to defend democracy in Nasarawa state. What we want is for the right thing to be done and we have tabled the issue before national secretariat of our party and they are looking into it,” He said.
Also speaking to newsmen, Alhaji Danladi Envuluanza, another APC Governorship aspirant said the distortion of delegates list would not augur well for the party, hence the unity amongst them (aspirants) over the matter to fight against the undemocratic move capable of tearing the party apart.
Envuluanza warned that if nothing is done to resolve the crisis, chances of APC winning the governorship election in 2019 would be slim as according to him, voters will have low confidence on a party that does not promote internal democracy.
“We are here in pursuant of one main objective which is fairness as enshrined in the APC constitution. We want fairness, equity and justice. We brought ourselves together because we want to fight injustice crippling into our party,” He said.
Envuluanza, however, explained that the coalition of aspirants was strictly to fight against the alteration of delegates list and was not to bring out a consensus candidate as alleged by some news outlets.
“We are in democracy. We chose and believe in God. If today, we now say that a particular person should represent us and he is not the choice of God, what happens? We are leaving the choice to the electorates whom God will use to select the next flag bearer.
“The voice of the people is the voice of God. We can’t for any reason do what is not the will of God. So, we cannot go and anoint one of us because doing so will be offending Almighty Allah and I won’t be party to that,” He said.
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