Story from Ahmad SAKA, Bauchi
Politicians under the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Tafawa Balewa Local Government, has alleged that the former Speaker Yakubu Dogara has hijacked nomination forms on the party’s forthcoming congresses and will distribute them only to his loyalist.
Dogara, however, denies all allegations levelled against him, through his political associates Muhammad Aminu Tukur.
Alhaji Bala Burga, Leader of the group disclosed this on Thursday at the end of a meeting at the Vanilla garden in Bauchi, adding that the APC family in Dass, Tafawa Balewa, Bogoro constituents that Dogara denied Political actors in the area who are not in his camp the opportunity to seek for elective offices in the party.
“Initially the forms are supposed to be given to the APC chairman of Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area but instead the state leadership of the party gave the nomination forms to Dogara close ally Honourable Muhammad Aminu Tukur who collected the form on behalf of Dogara and gave it to Dogaras supporters only, denying members that are not in Dogara’s camp the opportunity to get the form in the interest of justice, fairness and democratic principles,” he said.
Burga said they are law-abiding members of the party’s, that files complain before the appeal committee of APC, and they are appealing to President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor Mai Mala Buni led the caretaker committee to intervene in this issue and give members equal right and opportunity in the best interest of the party as contained in the party constitution.
While expressing his fear, he said “it’s good for all APC members to learn their lesson from what happened in Zamfara State where the Supreme court sacked all elected members of the Party and gave victory to PDP for the failure of APC to conduct party primaries according to the party constitution.”
Burga further stated that the interest of Justice diverse interest groups in the party must be consulted and a resolution must be reached according to the guidelines given by the national leadership of the party.
He said as stakeholders they want to contest in political offices of the party and fairness in choosing party leaders through congresses will not augur well for the party.
In a conversation, Muhammad Aminu Tukur, political associates of Yakubu Dogara, said, “the APC members in the state agreed to hood congresses through consensus and credible stakeholders of APC in Dass, Tafawa Balewa, and Bogoro Federal constituency paid their nominations forms through the leader of the party and high ranking principal officer Yakubu Dogara. Dogara sent the money to purchase the forms through me, I bought the forms on behalf of the credible stakeholders in Dass Tafawa Balewa and Bogoro constituency as directed by Dogara and I distributed the forms to recognized elected party chairmen in the areas”
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