Hon. Muhammad Omeiza Ajanah has described the just concluded Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senatorial primaries in Kogi Central as a charade.
Ajanah, a senatorial aspirant in Kogi Central, made this known during a press briefing in Lokoja on Wednesday.
He expressed disappointment over the manner the exercise was conducted in Okene, the headquarters of Kogi Central axis. He blamed the leadership of the party for their inconsistencies.
He pointed out that he along with another aspirant, A. K. Salihu and delegates waited for several hours at the accredited venue of the senatorial primaries without the primary election committee, describing the process as criminal.
He alleged that the incumbent senator, Ahmed Ogembe, had hijacked the materials and went into hiding to thumb print the ballot, and was later affirmed as the party flag bearer.
Ajanah berated the leadership of the PDP for playing cheaply into the hands of some politicians routing for automatic ticket, adding that nobody can pocket him, saying he was ready to seek redress at the appropriate quarters.
He lamented that after collecting several millions of naira for nomination forms and being cleared by former Minister for Works, Dr. Mike Onohlememe-led screening committee, he had received certificate of clearance, they were now talking about automatic ticket.
“There is no automatic ticket anywhere. There is no free food even in Freetown. Affirmation is undemocratic and unacceptable. I will seek redress. No moneybag can cow me. I am just coming from PDP secretariat where I have formerly lodged my complaints
“After waiting till 6.00 pm in the evening, I and Honourable AK Salihu urged our supporters to leave the venue of the primary after waiting for several hours without the PDP election committee,” he stressed.
The aspirant warned the national party officials from destroying the PDP in the state, just as he lamented that, the party in connivance with some powerful individual’s have hijacked the party’s ticket in the state.
