Plateau Labour Party paid and hired delegates to Affirmed Dakum as flag bearer while Margif remains in detention…
In what seem like a staged managed State primaries today at Ken Palace, Tudun Wada Jos, Dr. Patrick Dakum was affirmed as the new Labour party Flag bearer
While the authentic flag bearer, Chief Margif was detained in Abuja and have issued out advance statement through his lawyers of an impending plan to forcefully take the ticket from him. It become a reality yesterday, 5th August when it was alleged that a group of armed men arrested him to an unknown destination in Abuja.
Our reporter who witnessed the primaries confirmed that it was a low key event that saw what seem to be an arrangement of a sort, while this platform confirms that the hired delegates were paid 10,000
further investigation revealed that some parted with 5,000 as the remitted 5,000 to the person who invited them. among the many hired people who stand as delegates as traders who sold around Ken Palace and around Hill station junction.
we could not get the names of most of the traders because we agreed that their names will be anonymous. Most of the hired delegates confirmed to this platform that they are not members of the Labour party but are here for because they were invited.
A strong member of the Obi movement, Mr. oluwa ifanyi who spoke about the primaries said we are not aware of todays primaries in Plateau state and we hope the desperate actions of Plateau politician will not mar our chances for peter Obi in Plateau state. Journalist were also not invited to cover the events.
The arranged primaries open doors to many questions;does the arranged Primaries confirm the lack of structure of the Labour Party? what will happened if chief Margif is out? does Dakum have the right to contest same position twice under the new electoral act? many and more will reveal itself in the coming weeks.
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