Leader of Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), South-South/PANDEF, Chief Edwin Clark, has lambasted the National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Iyorchia Ayu calling on him to resign the position.
In a statement, on Tuesday the elder statesman decried the reported outrageous financial inducements of party delegates and ‘cynical dollarisation’ of the electoral process was a strong warning of more likely deleterious outcomes of the 2023 general elections, mainly the presidential, and others.
He said most disturbing was what happened at the special national convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Abuja, on Saturday, May 28.
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‘I followed the live broadcasts of the proceedings keenly until about 12.30 am on Sunday, the 29th. I was quite impressed by the efforts of the convention committee, which was headed by former Senate President, Senator David Mark, and his assistants, particularly, the Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri. But, sadly, the outcome of the election leaves much to be desired; it was very unjust and rather unwholesome. It will definitely impact severe, adverse ramifications on the future unity of the country.
‘I was alarmed by the outrageous and Machiavelli manner in which Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, Governor of Sokoto State, was so apparently “arranged” to announce his withdrawal from the contest, at the last minute; his speech changed the mood of the event. That was done in order to foist another Northerner as the party’s flag bearer, having regard to the fact that Governor Aminu Tambuwal was the only aspirant from the whole of the North West, which had about 192 delegates at the convention’ he submitted.
Africa Today News, New York had earlier reported that Atiku Abubarkar was elected as the candidate of the opposition party last weekend.