The leadership of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) will scratch out aspirants for public office considered as
“unfriendly.”
“The Presidency has directed that anybody
who wants to contest for national offices at the convention of the party but is
unfriendly should be frustrated out,” a PDP insider told SaharaReporters.
At the same time, the party moved the date
for the screening of aspirants from Thursday, August 29 to Friday, August 30
due to disagreements among aspirants, especially those from the South East, and
within the members of the party over candidates to be adopted and fielded at
the convention, a party official explained.
Addressing newsmen shortly after the
screening was shifted, the chairman of the screening committee, Senator Victor
Ndoma-Egba, said the date was moved because some aspirants complained that the
notice inviting them to appear for screening was too short. He added that the
party wanted to see if the various political zones could achieve common ground
on the positions zoned to them.
Before the decision to postpone the
screening, some of the aspirants had gathered in Abuja and moved into Rock View
Hotel, located at Wuse 2, the venue of the screening.
A delegate from the South-South disclosed
to SaharaReporters that delegates were being pressured to dismiss some
aspirants considered “not loyal to President Goodluck Jonathan.” The source
added that the PDP should not try to silence any members.
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