Taraba indigenes threaten to boycott elections over PDP primary

A socio-cultural group, Taraba Peoples Assembly (TPA) has  threatened  to boycott the general elections and vote out  President Goodluck Jonathan over what it describes as ‘Abuja selection’ of the state PDP governorship candidate.
The group, in a statement signed by its national coordinator, Martins Andekin also threatened not to vote President Jonathan if he would not uphold democratic principles regarding the conduct of the Taraba State PDP primaries.

Andekin said President Jonathan disparaged Taraba State and its people by moving the state PDP governorship primaries to Abuja to achieve selfish political gain of a retired general from the state.
The group said it was surprised that President Jonathan  and his party were just waking up to obvious facts that its imposed candidate, Dairus Ishaku cannot win a ward in the state nor deliver at the presidential election.
“It’s not too late, today, Jonathan is no longer visible in Taraba State, we see a PDP governorship candidate that has no electoral value from his home stead.
We see the popularity of President Jonathan demising fast because the acting governor, Sani Abubakar Danlandi is working for the APC.
He has ensured that a weak aspirant was imposed as PDP candidate. All bill boards with President Jonathan’s picture in the state have been pulled down under the new acting governor’s instruction.”
“At no time has the electorates voted against the PDP in Taraba state but we now witness the strongest political party in Africa imposing the weakest governorship candidate in the history of the state politics.”
“If President Jonathan and the PDP is serious about winning any election in Taraba, a popular and  acceptable should be field. Today the chances of PDP victory in Taraba is floating”
The group insisted that the Abuja selection of candidates does not reflect the wish of people in the state including PDP members.

SOURCE: THE SUN