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Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s stakeholders from Kogi state declared that the party’s flag-bearer in recently concluded primary, Capt. Idris Ichalla Wada, is a registered member of the party.
Reacting to a petition purportedly written by the Chairman of Odu Ward in Dekina local government area alleging that the flag-bearer was not a registered member of the party, stakeholders from the state led by the state Chairman, Hon. Hassan Salau, said the petitioners were impersonators. He revealed that the matter has been reported to the security agencies.
According to him, Wada was registered in Odu Ward One by the former Chairman, Adamu Agama, in 2005 and has been very active in the activities of the party ever since.
The PDP leaders revealed that because of Captain Wada’s service to the party, he was appointed by the PDP as the Zonal Treasurer (North Central) of the Jonathan/Sambo campaign organisation where he gave a good account of himself.
“In appreciation of Captain Wada’s modest contribution to the success of President Goodluck Jonathan/Sambo in the presidential election, he was shortlisted by the PDP among other nominees for appointment by the President.
“It is not within contemplation that PDP will appoint Captain Wada into zonal structure of Goodluck/Sambo campaign organisation and further recommend him to the President for federal appointment if he is not a known registered member of our party,” he explained.
The statement, which was signed by the state chairman; Zonal Legal Adviser, Hon. Mohammed Usman; State Secretary, Emmanuel Egwu and PDP Dekina Local Government chairman, Hassan Usman also claimed that about three months ago the former chairman of Dekina local government area, Ikani Ebo, allegedly invaded the house of Odu One Ward with thugs collected the Ward register which has been in his possession ever since.
They explained that the Odu Ward Chairman and Secretary, who were purported to have written the petition against Captain Wada have since denied any link with the petition.
“It is therefore instructive to note that the purported publication did not originate from the names ascribed to it. The original bearers of the names have made a formal complaint to the party and the party has reported the impersonation to the state security agencies for investigation,” the stakeholders disclosed.

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Kogi PDP to Field Wada/Awoniyi Ticket

CAPTAIN Idris Wada, the winner of the fresh primaries election conducted by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party [PDP] in Kogi State has declared that he is the authentic candidate of the party for the forthcoming governorship election slated for December 3, 2011.

Wada made the clarification while addressing his supporters in Lokoja, against the backdrop of speculations in the state that President Goodluck Jonathan had ordered that the ticket of the party should be given to Alhaji Isah Jibril Echocho, the earlier winner of the primaries election held in January before the Court of Appeal extended the tenure of the outgoing governor by one year.
This is as he named Mr. Yomi Awoniyi, the son of Late Chief Sunday Awoniyi former National Chairman of the Arewa Consultative Forum [ACF] as his running mate for the governorship election.
According to Wada, "by the grace of Almighty God I am bold to say that I have been cleared alongside my running mate, Mr. Yomi Awoniyi by the national secretariat of our great party PDP to contest the forthcoming governorship election as the flag bearer of the party for the election".
He then urged his supporters and well-wishers to disregard any reports in the media that he is no longer the flag bearer of the party for the forthcoming governorship election, saying that those pending the rumour want to cause disunity and crisis within the party.

Wada then promised that if given the mandate to be the next governor of the state he would build on the solid foundation already laid down by the out-going governor by keying into the transformation agenda of President Goodluck Jonathan in ensuring rapid socio-economic development of the state.
Similarly, he explained that his administration would focus on the development of the educational, health, tourism and youth/women empowerment sectors, adding that a conductive environment would be created by his administration in order to attract investors to the state which would go along way in assisting the state government address the increasing rate of unemployment among the teeming youths.

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Kogi Guber Poll - Wada Declares Self Candidate to Beat

Captain Idris Wada, the winner of the fresh primaries election conducted by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party [PDP] in Kogi State has declared that he is the authentic candidate of the party for the forthcoming governorship election slated for December 3, 2011.
Wada made the clarification while addressing his supporters in Lokoja, against the backdrop of speculations in the state that President Goodluck Jonathan had ordered that the ticket of the party should be given to Alhaji Isah Jibril Echocho, the earlier winner of the primaries election held in January before the Court of Appeal extended the tenure of the outgoing governor by one year.
This is as he named Mr. Yomi Awoniyi, the son of Late Chief Sunday Awoniyi former National Chairman of the Arewa Consultative Forum [ACF] as his running mate for the governorship election.
According to Wada, "by the grace of Almighty God I am bold to say that I have been cleared alongside my running mate, Mr. Yomi Awoniyi by the national secretariat of our great party PDP to contest the forthcoming governorship election as the flag bearer of the party for the election".
He then urged his supporters and well-wishers to disregard any reports in the media that he is no longer the flag bearer of the party for the forthcoming governorship election, saying that those pending the rumour want to cause disunity and crisis within the party.

Wada then promised that if given the mandate to be the next governor of the state he would build on the solid foundation already laid down by the out-going governor by keying into the transformation agenda of President Goodluck Jonathan in ensuring rapid socio-economic development of the state.
Similarly, he explained that his administration would focus on the development of the educational, health, tourism and youth/women empowerment sectors, adding that a conductive environment would be created by his administration in order to attract investors to the state which would go along way in assisting the state government address the increasing rate of unemployment among the teeming youths.

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Kogi PDP seeks Reconciliation with Aggrieved Members

 The state chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Comrade Hassan Salau, has called on all members of the party to unite in order to move the party forward.

Salau, who spoke at a forum with journalists, said a reconciliation committee was being put in place by the party to resolve the crisis within the party.

“We are setting up a reconciliation committee this week to bring us together again as one family. It is normal to have disagreements in a family but it is abnormal not to resolve it. We are going to resolve all the disagreements by the special grace of God. PDP is one and will remain so for a very long time,” he said.

Meanwhile, as part of the reconciliation of aggrieved members of the party over his emergence as the governorship candidate, Wada has urged them to put aside their differences in order to forge a common front to achieve victory at the poll.

He spoke at the weekend after he was confirmed as the candidate alongside his running mate, Yomi, who is the first son of late elder statesman, Chief S. B. Awoniyi.

“I give thanks to the Almighty God who made it possible for me to be elected as the party’s candidate.  This is not the time to fight to destroy our dear party, PDP. This is a time for reconciliation. There is no victor, no vanquished. Power is given by the Almighty God to whom He wishes at every point in time. I am therefore appealing to all my co-contestants to join hands with me and my deputy in order for us to triumph in the December 3, 2011 election,” he said.

According to Wada, it would serve no purpose for members of the same party to continue throwing mud at each other at a time all that was needed was genuine reconciliation.

“Of what use is it if we continue to defame and destroy ourselves in the media. I am using this opportunity to assure everybody that we will do our best to ensure an all-inclusive government that would accommodate everybody’s interests. This is a family affair. We must learn to put aside our differences in the greater interest of our party and people,” he said.

Captain Wada announced his preparedness to promptly meet with all aggrieved members to assuage their frayed nerves.

At the primary election last month, which was boycotted by other aspirants, Wada, believed to be supported by the incumbent governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Idris, polled a total of 547 votes to defeat his close challenger, Abdulrazaq Isa Kutepa, who garnered 296 votes.

While seven candidates were cleared for the poll, four boycotted, citing irregularities in the election of delegates in the days leading to the election.

One of those who boycotted and winner of the January 9 PDP primary in the state, Alhaji Jibrin Isah (“Echocho”), has refused to recognise Wada’s emergence, and insisted that he remained the “authentic, valid and or lawfully nominated” governorship candidate of the party for the election.

Another contestant, Adinoyi Ojo-Onukaba, in a protest letter to the acting national chairman of PDP, called for the outright cancellation of the primary, saying it did not meet the requirements of the law.

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