Sahara Reporters
Some stakeholders in the Anambra State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have accused two members of the party, Chris Uba and former Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah of planning to tamper with the delegates list to favour themselves in the senatorial primaries of the party.
The party has not been able to hold its primaries in Anambra State because of a crisis over the delegates’ congress.
The delegate election earlier fixed for April 30 was later shifted to May 1 by the Jibrin Ahmed-led panel.
However, the election failed to hold on the rescheduled date when it was discovered that the panel members came to hold the election without the original result sheet.
The three-man ad-hoc delegate election ought to have been held on Monday to enable the party to conduct its primaries on Tuesday but it failed to hold because of the sit-at-home being observed in the state on Mondays.
Barrister Jude Onyia and Peter Udalor, both members of the party accused its national leadership of violating article 1.12 of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) guidelines as regards the issue of rescheduling of congress/ward congresses to favour Uba and Oduah.
“We kindly draw your attention to a plot by the national leadership of PDP to violate article 1.12 of INEC Guidelines as it concerns the issue of rescheduling of congress/ ward Congresses,” they said in a petition…
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