Forum of House of Reps aspirants in Adamawa protest imposition of candidate

The Forum of House of Representatives Aspirants of Numan /Demsa/Lamurde Federal Constituency under the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa protested what they described as imposition of candidates in just concluded primary elections.

Speaking during the peaceful protest in Numan Local Government Area, Adamawa, Vrati Nzonzo, the spokesperson of the Forum said, the committee responsible and the party officials failed to abide by the rules of the game.

He said the rules of the game are to be conducted through consensus and direct primaries and none of the ones were conducted.

According to him, with what happened, their mandate was stolen and given to someone who did not deserve to be given.

“The election was supposed to be Consensus or Direct primaries but we opposed the consensus and there were no direct primaries across the Constituency”, he said.

Nzonzo called on the National Chairman APC and Governor Ahmadu Fintiri to ensure justice and fairness for the aspirant for the victory of the party and if they fail they won’t vote for the party at the general elections.

Justina Nkon another aspirant also condemned the conduct of the primary election across the constituency.

According to her, the electorate were at the venue of the primaries from 8:00a.m and no officials showed up until 2:00 p.m and later on they said they had conducted the election without seeing any election materials.

She called on Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri remembers the promise he made at the time of his campaign that he will not betray the people in the state.

“It’s now under your watch as the leader of the party we are witnessing the undemocratic process of primary elections by enforcing candidates who have not been elected by the people in the Constituency”, she said.

According to her, the so-called primary elections are unconstitutional, hence the need to reconduct free fair and credible primary elections.

Usoko ken-Supule, another aspirant, demands justice and fairness for every aspirant and for the progress of the party in the constituency, state and the country at large.
“We want justice for the progress of the party and without fairness there is no progress, therefore we are respectful party loyalists.

“We are not happy of what happened because we’re disappointed we are calling on the party leadership and the state governor to consider the flight of the masses”, he said.