Kogi East Senatorial Aspirant Demands Rerun of Primaries

Kogi East senatorial aspirant on Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, platform, Halima Alfa, has called on the national leadership of the party to return her as the winner of the Sunday, December 7 primary, or conduct fresh primaries in the senatorial district under a more trusted representative from the party.

Hajiya Halima said her call is predicated on the illegal claims by two other aspirants who introduced violence into the election process while the counting was on, kicking the table and ballot box after which one of them, Attai Aidoko, declared himself a winner.

The other aspirant, Isaac Alfa, also declared himself a winner, prompting her followers to advise her to do same but she refused, electing to follow the due process on election petition to address the matter.

Halima, accused former National Chairman of the party, Dr. Ahamdu Ali, of anti-party activities all in a bid to deliver his choice candidate, whom he advised to join the opposition in the state and run for the election.

She said: “At the last count of his vote, he got between 15 and 16 votes and he went on air and said that he got 241. I was the one that led in that election. Alfa also declared himself the winner. I was asked to go and do the same, I said no, I have to follow due process because I am a lawyer. And they are not near me in the politics of this nation.”


She called on President Goodluck Jonathan to be aware that some people have been using his name to give us candidates that cannot deliver, saying: “Today PDP is facing a lot of challenges, I do not think that the PDP has ever faced this kind of challenge before.

“We must present our first 11 in all our elections. We must present people that are popular and credible to join us and be able to win elections in their areas and not to present people that godfathers will come and impose and say that Mr. President say that they should bring such a person to the place.”

She said that this is the third time Ali would be imposing candidates on the party, saying that Igala people have always rejected his choice and now he has brough Idoko from the All Progressives Congress, APC.