Plateau Senate, Reps aspirants petition party over irregularities

A group of All Progressives Congress (APC) senatorial and House of Representatives aspirants in Plateau State has petitioned the party’s national leadership of the party, alleging widespread irregularities in the conduct of the just-concluded party primaries for the National Assembly.   The group, led by Senator Diket Plang, who lost his re-election bid, described the process […]

A group of All Progressives Congress (APC) senatorial and House of Representatives aspirants in Plateau State has petitioned the party’s national leadership of the party, alleging widespread irregularities in the conduct of the just-concluded party primaries for the National Assembly.

  The group, led by Senator Diket Plang, who lost his re-election bid, described the process as fraudulent.

  Speaking on behalf of the aggrieved aspirants at the party’s secretariat in Jos on Thursday, Plang, a serving senator representing Plateau Central, said no credible primary election was conducted in most parts of the state.

He stated that the group had formally submitted a petition to the party’s appeal committee, calling for a review of the process in line with established guidelines.

  “In many places, no election was conducted. Where attempts were made, the exercise was either disrupted or not concluded, yet results were announced,” he said.

  Plang described the situation as unacceptable, alleging that figures were arbitrarily allocated without actual voting. He said “For someone to sit somewhere and allocate votes is very offensive and cannot be tolerated.”

 Those present during the submission of the petition include Senator Diket Plang, Humphrey Gar, John Dafaan, John Tongshinen, Chris Giwa, Mrs.Beatrice Dakas, Gyang Zi and Komsool Longjap.