The Niger State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP), has filed a suit against the State Government, withholding it
from constituting a local government Transition Implementation Committee
(TIC).
The party made its intentions known at the State Secretariat of the
party in Minna on Wednesday and also directed Governor Abubakar Bello to
provide all necessary logistics for councils election in the state.
The
PDP, however, added that, the suit was also to direct the Niger State
Independent Electoral
Commission (NSIEC) to hold the election as
presently scheduled.
Some of the party members at the meeting were
the Deputy Chairman of the PDP, Mr Tanko Beji, all the 25 local
government chairmanship candidates, their Vice Chairmen and the 274
councillorship aspirants.
Mr Beji further stated that the
postponement would afford the party the opportunity to embark on
vigorous campaign. He urged its members and supporters not to be
deterred but take advantage of the postponement.
Also, the state
PDP Chairman, Honourable Umar Ma’ali, expressed dismay over the
postponement of the councils election earlier scheduled for early next
month by the electoral body in the state, despite the assurances that
the November 7 date was sacrosanct.
Mr Ma’ali stressed that the
meeting was basically to inform their members on the activities of the
NSIEC towards the political parties in the state, just as he urged them
to be calm and be law abiding citizens.He further reassured the party supporters
that with determination and sacrifice, the party would surely come out
victorious in all the 25 local government chairmanship and the
Councillorship elections as scheduled.
Governor Bello had earlier stated that the postponement was due to shortage of logistics on the part of the electoral body.
He,
nonetheless, assured the indigenes of the state that the challenges
would be addressed in due course to enable them actualise the
rescheduled date by providing all the necessary support to that effect.
Source Channel News

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