Aisha Yesufu Reveals Concerns Over Closed-Door NDC Senatorial Primary

A senatorial aspirant for the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, under the platform of the Nigerian Democratic Congress, NDC, has revealed how some party leaders allegedly manipulated the primary election.

The activist-turned politician was reported to have contested for the FCT Senate but pulled out over alleged misconduct by officials.

In a lengthy statement on how the primary election was held, Aisha alleged that the exercise was held in a closed room with “predetermined outcome dressed in procedural formalities”.

The venue was also “changed at the last minute”, she said after the exercise was “repeatedly postponed”.

“Party guidelines were not followed,” Aisha alleged. To be conducted at a central location instead of direct primaries to be conducted at Local Government headquarters, delegate based process was introduced

“When the time came, the contest was not decided by delegates in the open; it was affirmed in a closed room, far from the people whose voices it was supposed to reflect.

“The party will surely go ahead to issue statements upon statements of the free and fair nature of the Abuja FCT primaries.

“They have their voice, but the facts that transpired when litigated by conscience and the guidelines of the electoral act do not reflect justice and fairness”.