Nigeria: My Vision for PDP--Birma

2 December 2011
interview

How would you evaluate your aspiration considering the turbulence in your home state, Borno where there has been this allegation of conspiracy of silence by the elders in the face of unrest in the state. What is the workability of this aspiration under the present circumstances?

To start with, I am not an elder in terms of age if that is your criteria but what is happening in Borno State is that some people felt that we have not contributed much to the party (PDP). But if you look at the history of the party in the state for example in 1999 when Baba Ahmed Ginja was the party's governorship candidate, it was after the Mala Kachala's tenure had elapsed before he was declared the winner by the Supreme Court but then it was too late.

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