Isa Umar Gusau
15 November 2009
Maiduguri — A coalition of youths, women and local government executives of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Borno State has vowed to resist what it calls attempt by the Prince Vincent Ogbulafor's led national executive committee to introduce "the politics that obtains in Anambra State into Borno."
The coalition made this declaration at a press briefing held yesterday at the state headquarters of the party in Maiduguri.
Spokesman of the coalition and state coordinator of National Youths Vanguard, Barrister Ali A. Modu, said that PDP's NEC was planning to impose some officers of the party at the local government level in order to implement the script of someone who wants to hijack the party's machinery ahead of 2011 elections.
"Look at what is happening in Anambra State, see how the party is in crises because of this kind of thing where the party is imposing people on its members. We will reject any act of imposition. We are the youths and we are the backbone of the party so we will contest this even if it means seeking legal redress. We will not allow the party's NEC or the national chairman to cause problems for us in Borno," the group said.
The group was reacting to a recent decision by the NEC of the PDP directing the party's zonal chairman, Senator Paul Wampana to come to Borno and swear in another set of local government party chairmen to replace those in office who were elected at the party's congress in 2007.
There have been crises in the Borno PDP after the local government and ward congresses held in 2007 as two groups have been sharply divided with each having its own list of those it believes were to serve as party chairmen across the 27 local government areas of the state.
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