By Ameh Ejekwonyilo
Abuja
A coalition of communities and youth groups under the aegis of ‘The Adamawa Collective’ (TAC) has kicked against the position of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over what it described as “tilted and unacceptable” zoning of the governorship ticket of the state to the Central Senatorial District.
TAC, which stated its position on the zoning of the governorship ticket in Adamawa state at a press conference in Abuja yesterday, noted that the PDP NWC’s position was not only “unjust but smacks of double standards” in the policy drive of the party.
National Coordinator of TAC, Mr. Eli Gamaniel and Secretary Dr. Panny Boga, said it was absurd to compel someone that was not part of a meeting to accept a decision that is not known to law but taken as a form of exigency to solve a particular situation that has now been overtaken by events.
Gamaniel said: “It important to state in very clear and unmistaken terms that when the decision was taken to zone the governorship of Adamawa to Central Senatorial District, Governor Bala James Ngilari was not in office neither was he part of the meeting.
“The Doctrine of Necessity that brought President Goodluck Jonathan to office during the illness and later death of Late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua remains a good reference point for the PDP.
“It was in that same spirit of the doctrine of necessity that Late Governor Patrick Yakowa continued in office and contested in 2011 and won.
He said: “It is on record that Muázu and Tukur have mounted tremendous pressure on Governor Ngilari to drop his governorship ambition in 2015 for the Senate, with the excuse that it has been zoned and reserved for the Fulanis, particularly, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu.
“Yet, it is on record that impeached Governor Murtala Nyako, who spent almost eight years in office is of the Fulani ethnic extraction,” he added.
