The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will scratch out aspirants for public office considered as “unfriendly.”
“The Presidency has directed that anybody who wants to contest for national offices at the convention of the party but is unfriendly should be frustrated out,” a PDP insider told SaharaReporters.
At the same time, the party moved the date for the screening of aspirants from Thursday, August 29 to Friday, August 30 due to disagreements among aspirants, especially those from the South East, and within the members of the party over candidates to be adopted and fielded at the convention, a party official explained.
Addressing newsmen shortly after the screening was shifted, the chairman of the screening committee, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, said the date was moved because some aspirants complained that the notice inviting them to appear for screening was too short. He added that the party wanted to see if the various political zones could achieve common ground on the positions zoned to them.
Before the decision to postpone the screening, some of the aspirants had gathered in Abuja and moved into Rock View Hotel, located at Wuse 2, the venue of the screening.
A delegate from the South-South disclosed to SaharaReporters that delegates were being pressured to dismiss some aspirants considered “not loyal to President Goodluck Jonathan.” The source added that the PDP should not try to silence any members.
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