Adamawa State Governor, Mr Bala Ngilari, has been cleared by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to contest for the party primaries along with other aspirants ahead of the general elections next year.
The governor, whose lawyer, Festus Keyamo had threatened to sue the ruling party if he was barred from contesting the party’s primaries,dedicated his victory at the screening to victims of insurgency in the state.
Addressing supporters at the commissioning of his campaign office in Yola, the governor said he has started working on rehabilitation, resettlement, reconciliation, reconstruction and restructuring of victims of the insurgency.
The leadership of the PDP has also voided the disqualification of its aspirants by the various screening appeal committees across the states.
The party in a statement on Wednesday urged all the affected aspirants to disregard the disqualification orders.
The statement said: “Following enquiries by our members, especially the National Working Committee, the party wishes to announce that all aspirants who have been cleared by different Screening Committees for the purpose of our primary elections should disregard any purported disqualification by Screening Appeal Panels.
“For the avoidance of doubt, the Screening Appeal Panels are neither authorized by our electoral guidelines nor by the constitution of the PDP to disqualify aspirants already cleared by the Screening Committees.
“In this regard, the NWC declares all such disqualifications by Appeal Panels null and void as they clearly violate laid down rules as well as the principles of natural justice and good conscience.”
