The gubernatorial primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa State is still ongoing amidst accusations of ‘delegates buying’ by one of the contenders.
The party has slated the gubernatorial primaries for 26, May 2022 but accreditation of delegates started around 5:00pm and the process continued overnight.
Six aspirants namely; Aishatu Binani, Malam Nuhu Ribadu, Umar Mustapha Madawaki, Abdulrazak Namdas, Wafarniyi Theman and Umar Jibrilla Bindow are gunning for the covetted prize.
Our reporter who was at the Lamido Cinema, venue of the exercise reports that out of the 1130 delegates billed to partake in the exercise, 1006 were successfully screened.
He revealed that the exercise is going smoothly amidst water tight security in and around the facility.
But reports indicated that two coordinators of a gubernatorial aspirant Aisha Ahmed Binani have been arrested while sharing huge amount of money to the delegates in order to influence their decision.
A report by Daily Nigerian revealed that the aspirant has made mouth watering promises to the delegates as she promised to double whatever her contenders gave them.
“It was gathered that the pointsmen of the senator began contacts with delegates in fulfillment of Binani’s promises.
“Many other party members who were not delegates are said to have also joined in the bazaar to get their share of the largesse.
“The coordinators were arrested around 8pm when a combined team of security operatives stormed one of the locations where the loot sharing was being coordinated.
“Apart from the men arrested and the money recovered, copies of filled out commitment forms with details of the delegates were also recovered from the scene.
“A senior police officer who was part of the operation said operatives are on the trail of the delegates who had already filled the forms and collected the cash using their details contained in the forms.
“He said they were also combing other locations in a manhunt for vote buyers working for all aspirants in the primaries.
“The two suspects arrested have been taken to the offices of Adamawa Police CID along with the exhibits.
“Police are also said to be in the trail of one Bala Jingi who is coordinating distribution of Keke Napep tricycles to delegates who swore to an oath of voting for the senator.
“Mrs Dahiru did not respond to calls and text message seeking her response on the matter.
“Adamawa police spokesman, Yahaya Sulaiman, could not be reached for comment at the time of filing this report,” Daily Nigerian reported.
