The battle for 2015 will be tough, there is no sitting on the fence. You are either here or you are there.
There are strong indications that former National Chairman of PDP, Senator Banabas Gemade has dumped the party and joined the leading opposition party, APC, to realize his senatorial re-election bid.
Already, Gemade who represents Benue North East Senatorial District has tendered a letter of withdrawal from PDP’s senatorial primaries due to the hijack of the process by Governor Gabriel Suswan.
A close ally of the erstwhile PDP chairman who spoke to Vanguard on the condition of anonymity hinted that Senator Gemade may likely pick APC form on Monday to contest the senatorial election.
The source claimed that Gemade decided to leave the PDP because the National Working Committee, NWC, of the PDP, turned down the list of his (Gemade) delegates and recognized the governor’s list which he claimed were allegedly written in the comfort of his country home in Benue State.
Senator Gemade noted, with dismay, that there was no room for an honest and law abiding member of PDP in having a fair chance in any contest in the forthcoming primary elections as anyone who was capable of manipulating the process, albeit illegally, was free to do so, and will be protected.
It will be recalled that Senator Akume was also pushed out of the PDP and he joined the opposition party to win his election in 2011 and has become a Chieftain of the APC and Minority Leader in the senate.
There are strong indications that former National Chairman of PDP, Senator Banabas Gemade has dumped the party and joined the leading opposition party, APC, to realize his senatorial re-election bid.
Already, Gemade who represents Benue North East Senatorial District has tendered a letter of withdrawal from PDP’s senatorial primaries due to the hijack of the process by Governor Gabriel Suswan.
A close ally of the erstwhile PDP chairman who spoke to Vanguard on the condition of anonymity hinted that Senator Gemade may likely pick APC form on Monday to contest the senatorial election.
The source stated that Gemade who is the Chairman, Senate Committee on National Planning will join forces with the former governor of the state and Senate Minority Leader, George Akume, to ensure that APC captures the state in 2015 general elections.
The source claimed that Gemade decided to leave the PDP because the National Working Committee, NWC, of the PDP, turned down the list of his (Gemade) delegates and recognized the governor’s list which he claimed were allegedly written in the comfort of his country home in Benue State.
Senator Gemade noted, with dismay, that there was no room for an honest and law abiding member of PDP in having a fair chance in any contest in the forthcoming primary elections as anyone who was capable of manipulating the process, albeit illegally, was free to do so, and will be protected.
It will be recalled that Senator Akume was also pushed out of the PDP and he joined the opposition party to win his election in 2011 and has become a Chieftain of the APC and Minority Leader in the senate.
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