Nomination Forms Trouble Sets Plateau APC On Free Fall




By Ukandi Odey

The purchase of nomination and expression of interest forms for Governor Simon Lalong to contest the senatorial seat of Plateau South by his commissioners has continued to generate reactions and sentiments that are threatening cohesion and tolerance within the state APC.

Last week, Lalong’s Commissioner for Lands, Survey And Town Planning, Yakubu Datti, announced that the Forum of Commissioners, of which he is chairman, has pooled sixty million naira to purchase the APC expression of interest and nomination forms for Governor Lalong to contest Plateau South Senatorial seat in 2023.

No sooner was the news released signed by Yakubu Datti, on behalf of the Forum, arguably borne of political expediency such as purchase of nomination forms, and published than the question of the difference between twenty million Naira as the actual cost of the nomination form and the N60million actually raised by the Forum of Commissioners was raised to the front banner, with many accusing the “forum of commissioners” of money laundering.

In a statement, a nascent and reactionary group that identifies itself as “Concerned Ardent APC Supporters Network, CAPCSUN, CALLED ON Governor Simon Bako Lalong, to fulfil his promise of providing a level playing ground in the party for all aspirant which he re-echoed two weeks ago when he claimed that he has not anointed any aspirant or anybody to succeed him.

In a statement signed by one Ciroma Hassanm, CAPCSUN says “information at its disposal indicate that the Governor is speaking from both sides of the mouth because it is alleged that he is using government funds through his commissioners to buy forms for himself and two preferred governorship aspirants”.

The Statement noted further that apart from the foregoing being a “betrayal of the trust of Plateau people, Governor Lalong is also hell bent on ensuring that former Governor Joshua Dariye is not released from prison until after the APC primaries”.

The continuous holding back of former Governor Dariye in prison several days after State pardon on grounds of administrative protocol is generating acrimony in high places and the State APC. The crisis of confidence in the party got worsened last Thursday following the official declaration for governorship by Nentawe Yilwatda, and the attendant and swelling rumour that Lalong and other Government House power speculators have concluded and resolved for Nentawe, who is being pressured to pick a running mate from Bassa local government area in Plateau North.

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