Kebbi central ticket: PDP suspends ex-chair over ‘anti-party’

The Kebbi State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has suspended its former state Chairman, Haruna Saidu Dandi’o over alleged anti-party activities. Dandi’o was declared the flag-bearer of the party for Kebbi Central after he emerged unopposed at the primaries but with the defection of Senator Adamu Aliero from APC to PDP, the party […]

The Kebbi State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has suspended its former state Chairman, Haruna Saidu Dandi’o over alleged anti-party activities.

Dandi’o was declared the flag-bearer of the party for Kebbi Central after he emerged unopposed at the primaries but with the defection of Senator Adamu Aliero from APC to PDP, the party conducted a fresh primary election for the DUO.

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Aliero was, therefore, declared the winner after scoring 246 votes against Dandi’o, who polled only 15 votes.

Dandi’o was suspended during the extraordinary meeting of the executives of Nasarawa Ward 1, held at the weekend in Birnin Kebbi, where 13 executive members of the party endorsed his suspension.

When contacted, Dandi’o, who is a member of the PDP Board of Trustees (BoT) told our reporter that he had not participated in the said fresh primary election insisting that, “I am still the flag-bearer of the party for Kebbi Central Senatorial District.”