Barely
five hours after the acting governor of Adamawa State, Ahmadu Fintiri,
picked the Peoples Democratic Party ticket for the October 11
governorship bye-election, the opposition All Progressives Congress has
started the process of choosing its flag bearer.
Our correspondent learnt in Yola, on
Sunday that 6, 478 delegates were participating in the exercise which
did not begin at the various local government areas until about 12 noon.
The State Organising Secretary of the
party, Alhaji Ahmed Lawal, explained that only members of the executive
committee of the party at various levels were participating in the
selection process.
He said, “Only executive members of the
party are delegates and the election was delayed to 12 noon to enable
Christian delegates to participate.
“We have 6,478 delegates and because of
the security situation in Madagali and Michika local governments,
delegates from these areas will cast their votes in Gombi.”
Those in the race are –Senator Bindiw
Jibrilla, Senator Ahmed Hassan Barata, Yakubu Tsala, Emmanuel Bello,
Ibrahim Mijinyawa and Boss Mustapha.
Meanwhile, a close associate of a former
Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, who pleaded anonymity because he was not
authorised to discuss the issue in the media, confided in The PUNCH that the former VP expected nothing less than a transparent exercise.
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