Mohammed Adamu Abubakar, a former Inspector General of Police (IGP) and a candidate for governor on the All Progressives Congress (APC) platform in Nasarawa State, has accused the party of planning to sabotage the upcoming primaries through ward executives.
On Monday in Lafia, Abubakar, speaking through Isah Nathaniel, the Chairman of Counter and Mobilisation of his campaign team, said that there was a coordinated plan to pressure ward executives in all 147 wards of the state to support a certain candidate before the 2027 elections.
The candidate for governor said that it is not party organization but “political manipulation in its crudest form.” He complained that what is being passed off as coordination is really “a brazen attempt to hijack the will of party members and impose a predetermined outcome.”
A few hours after Aliyu Bello, the State Chairman of the party, promised that the leadership would make sure that all candidates had a fair chance during the primaries, the accusation came.
Abubakar, on the other hand, warned that using ward executives for a secret purpose could cause chaos in the party and hurt its chances in the 2027 elections, especially since all stakeholders have agreed to use direct primaries for all elected positions.
He told President Bola Tinubu to pay attention to what was happening right away and do something about it to protect the party’s reputation in the state.
He also asked the party’s National Working Committee to step in right away to stop the “unfolding illegality and restore constitutional order.”
He told the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and security agencies to stay on the lookout for any attempts to force outcomes through violence, saying that these attempts are a direct threat to public peace and should not be ignored.
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