After an executive meeting of the aspirants in Abuja, headed by Chief Richard Lamai, the group hinged at the threat on ground that the party did not hold primary elections to nominate any of its candidates, but rather, allowed the flag-bearers to be appointed by godfathers.
The group had earlier threatened to work against the interest of the party in the forth-coming general elections if their grievances were not addressed.
The aspirants, under the aegis of PDP Aspirants Forum (PAF), said they were highly disappointed by the manner in which the party’s primary elections were handled across the country.
They said all the resources they expended on campaigning and wooing of delegates at the primaries must be refunded to them before the commencement of the elections, otherwise the party stands the risk of losing out in all the elections.
The forum comprised of aggrieved aspirants who lost out in the party’s primaries across the six geo-political zones of the country.
Speaking at the forum’s emergency meeting in Abuja, Chief Lamai said, “We are
collectively aware that reconciliation and reintegration has not been effective or non-existent in our party.
Chief Lamai however attributed the challenges being faced by the PDP across the country to “lack of internal democracy and political deceit in the party by the leadership.”
While appealing to the visibly aggrieved aspirants, the assistant director general of Jonathan’s Campaign Organisation, Prof Tunde Adeniran and a PDP chieftain, Chief Asara Asara both assured the members of the president’s desire to meet with them in a bid to resolve the matter before the polls.
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