Senator Girei tackles SGF Mustapha, Gov Bindow over indirect primaries
A 2015 governorship aspirant and former Senator from Adamawa State, Abubakar Girei, has condemned in strong terms the recent position of the Adamawa State Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) advocating for indirect primaries in the state.
Speaking to newsmen in Kaduna on Tuesday, he explained that, “The so-called state committee meeting of the APC that was summoned by Governor Jibrilla Bindow in government house and his cronies are demanding for indirect primaries on the ground that Adamawa is not safe for direct primaries is far from the reality.
“Therefore, their appeal to the Chairman National Working Committee to allow for indirect primaries in Adamawa state should not be taken serious because it is anti people in the present circumstance.
“This is clearly what we have been talking about in the last six to seven months. The attitude of politicians who have lost touch with realities on ground and are not even aligning with the objectives and aspirations of President Muhammadu Buhari is already becoming public.
“Mr President who is a champion of anti-corruption war cannot be seen to support anything with corrupt tendencies.
“Those who hide under the banner of insecurity to advocate for indirect primaries, are they saying there would be no election in Adamawa State in 2019?
“The Indirect primaries they are talking about, is it not going to be after direct Congresses that will elect delegates for the canvassed indirect primaries? Are they trying to make Adamawa people to continue to waste their time from one election to another?
“To my surprise, the Secretary of the Government of the Federation created that confusion. For supporting indirect primaries, he is working against his principal who is in support of direct primaries, fairness, equity, and justice.
“The Secretary to the Federal Government coming to align himself with jibrilla Bindow who has lost out completely is a misplaced priority.
“I want to advise my good friend Barrister Boss Mustapha, a refined gentleman by all standard, to retrace his steps as quickly as possible, because that stand is not good for the people of Adamawa, the country and the APC.”
