22 governorship aspirants dump PDP in Akwa Ibom

JANUARY 9, 2015 BY ETIM EKPIMAH 48 COMMENTS


Twenty two aggrieved governorship aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party in Akwa Ibom State, otherwise known as G22, have finally defected from PDP to All Progressives Congress.

They will meet the APC’s presidential candidate, Major-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, January 12, 2015.

It was learnt that the 22 governorship aspirants of the PDP in the controversial December 8, 2014 primary in the state decided to defect from PDP to the APC on Wednesday.

One of the aspirants, who spoke on condition of anonymity with our correspondent on Thursday, said their decision was based on the way they were treated by the PDP in the state.



The aspirant also said President Goodluck Jonathan could not find a solution to the crisis.

He said the crisis came to a head on January 6, 2015 when Jonathan, after scheduling to meet with them, later declined.

The aspirant said, “The President’s last minute decision was said to have been masterminded by a fifth columnist.

“It could be recalled that the (members of) the G22 have been in Abuja since December 9, 2014. Both the party leadership and the President are playing games with them without finding a political solution to the issues and without using the party’s mechanism to redress their complaints.

“This inhuman treatment is only meted out to G22. How could the President, who had met with individuals like Senator (Musiliu) Obanikoro and Senator Ifeanyi Araraume not meet 22 aspirants of the party? Is the President saying that they do not count? Then let us see how the party will win in Akwa Ibom State.”

The 22 aggrieved PDP aspirants had on December 8, 2014 protested against the governorship primaries, saying the exercise lacked transparency.

The aspirants had accused the party of using a fake delegates’ list.

They also alleged that the party leadership did not disclose the venue of the primaries to other aspirants before the time of the election.

eighTHREAD:
I thought akpabio was boasting on TV yesterday that they were going nowhere. In thesame event, jimi agbaje insulted all yorubas by saying lagos would have been a village if not for the impact of non-indigenes. We await you the bastar,d at the polls.

Collynzo9:

Nonsense, when he said non-indegenes, he also had Yorubas like you who aren't from Lagos in mind.
I wonder how that is an insult to all Yorubas.
Are you a Lagos indigene?
Tinubu, Fashola, Ambode weren't Lagos citizens originally, so the man is right.

eighTHREAD:
[s]shut up ibo man! What do you know about yorubas? Do you think we discriminate against each other like you do in alaigbo? Am a non-indigene but more eligible to lagos affairs than a non-odua. The non-indigenes he was talking about are the non-yorubas. But if he was talking about the yorubas that aren't indigenes, then he just shot himself in the foot cos he has proven to be a bastard that shouldn't be allowed near the corridors of power.[/s]

Collynzo9:
As usual from Punch, someone is speaking under the condition of anonymity.
Take the story serious at your own peril.

eighTHREAD:
whether you like it or not, they have decamped

Collynzo9:

The non-indigenes he was talking about are people who state of Origin isn't Lagos and that includes Ogbomosho people like you.
You know it!

Collynzo9:

The non-indigenes he was talking about are people who state of Origin isn't Lagos and that includes Ogbomosho people like you.
You know it!
saying that they helped develop Lagos does not amount to shooting himself on the foot.

Collynzo9:

They will come out any moment from now to deny the story and the same punch will carry it.
I will remind you then.

eighTHREAD:
lagos and the whole of yoruba land is my heritage. We are different from ibos who don't tolerate each other. You find an anambra man claiming superiority over an imo man while ngwa believes he's above the rest- too clannish.

maestroferddi:
Forget that thing...

Are Ogun/Ijebu people not claiming superiority over other Yorubas?

What of the Alaafin vs Ooni squabble or Oyo vs Osun bickerings?

You guys like seeing motes in other people's eyes even when there are logs in your own eyes.

They will meet the APC’s presidential candidate,
Major-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday,
January 12, 2015.

eighTHREAD:
I'll also remind you when they meet buhari on jan 12.