PDP Chairmanship Election: Bode George demands Makarfi’s resignation

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Chief Olabode George’s Campaign Organisation for National Chairmanship position of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has called for the resignation of the party’s national caretaker chairman, Senator Ahmed Makarfi.

The group made the demand in a statement issued by its Director-General, Alhaji Ibrahim K. Aliu (OFR).

It said the role Makarfi had been playing as Chairman of the PDP Caretaker Committee ahead of the party’s national convention on December 9, was increasingly disturbing, accusing him of pursuing personal ambition of contesting for the presidential office in 2019 and brazenly aligning with a particular aspirant in the South-South to deliberately distort the process.

“It is increasingly disturbing and rather untidy the role Senator Ahmed Makarfi, Chairman of the PDP Caretaker Committee is presently playing in the processes towards the party national convention on December 9, this year.

“Apparently spurred by personal ambition of contesting for the Presidential office in 2019, Makarfi is brazenly allying with a particular aspirant in the South-South to deliberately distort the process, muddle equity and invariably destroy the democratic process for transient personal gains.

“For the sake of propriety, for the sake of all that is good and meaningful, for the sake of equitable balance and moral appropriateness, we strongly advise Senator Makarfi to resign his position forthwith because he has been severely compromised,” the statement said in part.

Similarly, another aspirants, Prof. Tunde Adeniran, at a press briefing in Abuja accused the National Caretaker Committee of the party headed by Makarfi of favouring another aspirant, Uche Secondus, in the activities leading to the planned December 9, 2017 convention.

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Adeniran, who spoke through the director of his campaign organisation, Shehu Gabam, alleged that some supporters of Secondus were appointed into the committee to conduct state congresses that would produce delegates for the national convention.

“There is lopsidedness in the composition of the list of the ad-hoc committee that was published last week. A particular state has members in that list and some of them are the leading campaigners for Secondus. Our campaign organization was not consulted to bring one or two persons and I am sure other aspirants were not consulted too.

“So we find it very funny and realized that the spirit behind the signing of the pact is not being respected by the party itself, not the aspirants.

“From Rivers, they have Senator George Sekibo, Austin Okpara, Dr. ThankGod Danagogo and Chief Kenneth Ubani. You can see Emeka Ihedioha leading the campaign for Secondus in that ad-hoc committee list that was released,” the Adeniran group claimed.

The PDP has scheduled the exercise for December 9, in Abuja.

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