Kaduna PDP Guber Aspirants Accuses Party Chair of Playing APC Card …..Passes Vote of no Confidence on Him
By Alex Uangbaoje, Kaduna
A group, Kaduna State People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship Aspirants Forum, has accused the state party chairman, Hassan Hyet, of playing the card of the All Progressives Congress (APC), to destroy the party and make a smooth path for the APC to win the forth coming governorship election in the state.
The Aspirants which comprises of Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi, Alhaji Mohammed Sani Sidi, OFR, H.E Dr Mukhtar Ramalan Yero, Dr Muhammed Sani Bello and Dr Shuaibu Idris Mikati, make the allegation on Friday, at a Press Conference in Kaduna, therefore passed a vote of no confidence on him.
The Forum condemns Hyet, for openly attaching himself to a particular aspirant, Isa Ashiru Kudan, because he has promised to make him his running mate, a situation they say is against the principle of fair play.
According to the Aspirants which were represented by the media handlers, Ahmed Maiyaki, Dr Allahmagani Yohanna, Mock Samuel Kure and Yakubu Lere, “strongly condemned the activities of the Kaduna State Chairman of our Party, Hon Felix Hassan Hyet, who has openly attached himself to one of the gubernatorial aspirants, which is against the norm and the principle of fair play.
“He has, without a sense of decorum, been openly working against the aspirations of the other gubernatorial aspirants in favour of his ‘anointed candidate’ because he has been promised the position of a running mate (Deputy Governor).
“As democrats, the Forum insists that power must truly return to the people through open and transparent process anchored on internal democratic process in our great party.
“Forum also observed with dismay the deliberate attempt to subvert the democratic process ahead of the forthcoming gubernatorial primaries slated for the 28th of September, 2018.
“After the recent congresses in which ad-hoc delegates were elected, the State Chairman threw caution to the wind by tempering with delegate lists of several Local Governments areas sent to the State Party Secretariat to the advantage of his ‘anointed one’. There is great tension in the State as a result of the partiality of the Party Chairman; whereby the bright prospects of “bringing back” Kaduna State to the PDP is in jeopardy.”
They said, “we took this unanimous decisions for the love and progress of our Party and the state, the Forum deems it a duty to intimate the national leadership of our great party, teeming party members, supporters and the general public.
“Forum further notes, the attempt by the Party Chairman to surreptitiously foist the preferred candidate using a certain group called “Southern Kaduna Stakeholders Chairmen Forum”. This act is capable of destabilizing the party and its prospect in the 2019 polls and undermining the efforts of the aspirants to find consensus among themselves.
“Prior to and after losing the 2015 general elections, the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) has never been a more ‘cherished bride’ with the prospects of winning almost all the elective posts in Kaduna State than now with more people willing to join and participate actively in rescuing our state and the nation at large.
“In view of the above, the Forum humbly requests the National leadership of our great party to take “full charge” of the Party’s activities in Kaduna State, in order to rescue the situation and restore the confidence of majority of Party members and loyalists in the state once more.
“The Forum also calls on teeming party members, delegates and supporters to resist all attempts to subvert democratic process and vote for aspirants of their choice. Meanwhile the Forum wishes to reassure all that discussions are ongoing to reach a consensus among the aspirants.”
