HOW SEN SULEMAN ADOKWE LED 24HRS PDP CARETAKER COMMITTE EMBEZZLED 10MILLION NAIRA BELONGING TO PLATEAU AND THREW THE STATE INTO DEEPER CRISES
It was a huge dramatic maneuver and the biggest fraud orchestrated against innocent members of the Plateau State chapter of the PDP.
A committee constituted with a marching order to reconcile members of the plateau state chapter before scheduling a State Congress, spent less than twenty four hours and organized a purpoted Congresses which has since been nullified by courts of law.
In Plateau State, ward Congresses were actually conducted amidst allegations of fraud, multilation of fake results sheets and handwritten of wards executives in several areas across the state by some powerful forces and submitted to the already arranged and compromised State Congress Committe Secretary Amb Bala Aboki, who was hired to be part of the Plateau Congresses for hatchet jobs as alleged.
To make matters worst, ward appeal committe never sad to attend to the numerous appeals arising from ward Congresses.
The next episode was the raveging covid 19 pandemic which paralyzed activities across the country forcing the State Congress Committe Chairman, Prof Maxwell Gidado who stood for Adamawa State Governor, HE Adamu Fintiri, into suspending the LGA Congresses across Plateau State.
While the Congress Committe Chairman suspended the Congresses and reported back to Abuja,
his then Secretary, Amb Balla Aboki, in connivance with some forces issued a statement through one Emma Tuang directing for the conduct of LGA Congresses in violation of party Congresses and 2020 guidelines, in the suprise absence of the State Congress committe Chairman Prof Maxwell Gidado.
An insider who confided to some leaders said,some forces transmutted one Mr Sunday Katung, a former member of the house of Reps in Southern Kaduna State, into the new LGA congress committe Chairman with same Balla Aboki as Secretary. What a big supprise.
Mr Sunday Katung was appointed as ward appeal panel committe Chairman, an assignment he abandoned to orchestrate a shaby LGA Congresses with intend to stage state Congresses in a later day as well.
The court nullified purported LGA congress of Jos South, which stood for other LGAs was boycotted by stakeholders across the state in compliance with Government directives but few people dramatically staged the nullified exercise in a hurry to achieve 2023 hidden agenda.
As if that wasn’t enough,while complains hit the National headquarters of PDP, the NWC remain mute over the incident which resulted in numerous court action by members of the party across the state.
No sooner than the cases started, the Benue State Governor on the instruction of the National Working Committe convenned a meeting of critical stakeholders in Abuja to resolve grey areas bedeviling the Plateau State chapter. The meeting unanimously agreed to ensure a caretaker committe was constituted to resolve all pending issues for Plateau State before scheduling any Congresses.That was an answered prayers by genuine lovers of the party.
A committee was later appointed headed by Sen Suleman Adokwe with members sourced locally to oversee the state chapter for a period of (3)three months and organise a State LG Congresses after corrections would have been effected on complains arising from Ward Congresses..
The committee arrived Jos the Plateau State capital on 27th, August 2020, stayed in a hotel around Plateau Hotel.
To the suprise and shock of party faithfuls, the committee again announced a date for state Congresses for 29th, August 2020, less than 24hts after their arrival to Jos. They shared the 10million Naira donation meant for logistics in resolving the lingering crises in the state chapter.
What a shock! what a supprise!
Infact, suggestions have reached an advanced stage to blacklist members of the dreaded Suleman Adokwe committe, who were locally sourced from participating in any form of party assignment around the state.
It was a betrayal of trust of the suffering good people of Plateau State who are yearning for a change.The multi million dollar questions one needs to ask here is that,
as a party in opposition wishing to take over Government, how will losers and winners be a topic in assembling party officials? Is this not expected to be resolved emicably and internally without much rancour to enable the party wax stronger with a united house?
Those leaders who rushed and stood by other ways of installing party leadership are the worst enemies of the party in Plateau State considered as home of PDP.
You must have a winning foundation before appointing party officials who are merely to run the party on it’s day to day activities.But financial emphasis and struggle to install stooges ahead of the party primaries was the main agenda by few myopic, greedy and self-centered minded leaders.
The numerous litigations ongoing at the moment if not properly managed will surely mark the end for the party ahead of the much talked winning the elections in the State in 2023.
Freelance Reporters 