Kogi West Senate Aspirants Vow War With Saraki Over Dino Melaye

Four chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP who were disqualified from participating in the Kogi West Senatorial District primaries of the party have vowed to stay within the party and destroy it in the Senatorial Zone rather than allow Senate President Bukola Saraki push Senator Dino Melaye through as the automatic candidate of the party.

The quartet who were disqualified were a former acting governor of the state and Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Hon. Clement Olafemi, Hon. Sunday Karimi, a member of the House of Representatives, Hon Henry Ojuola, a member of the Kogi State House of Assembly and Hon. Oreniya Salaudeen, a former member of the House of Assembly.

The quartet in a statement made available to the media in Abuja on Saturday and signed on their behalf by Karimi said:

“We the aspirants in the state are 15 in all for the Senate. We were all disqualified and we got to the Appeal, the same thing happened and after series of protests, a special panel was raised, we were cleared for the primaries.

“However, to our surprise, other cleared Aspirants were issued with clearance certificates leaving out the four of us from the Kogi West Senatorial District because of Senator Dino Melaye’s automatic ticket

“The battle line is drawn from now on, because our people back home are saying no to imposition. They want primaries where they can pick a candidate of their choice and not an imposed candidate that will not be able to come and campaign at home with his people ahead of the election

“As for us, we are not leaving PDP for strangers. We will stay within to fight this impurity of the highest order being promoted by Senator Saraki. This is Kogi not Kwara state; every politics is local, so, he cannot come and dictate to us in Kogi who our candidate should be.

“Our message is very clear. We want free, fair and transparent primaries where an acceptable candidate of the people and the party will emerge.  Anything short of this, count us and our people out.”

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