NewsFallout Of February Elections: PDP Aspirants Demand For Refund Of Fees

Fallout Of February Elections: PDP Aspirants Demand For Refund Of Fees

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By Ayodele Oni

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Still battling to reunite after poor outing during the last general election, another crisis is brewing within the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) as some aspirants for elective offices during the elections are demanding for refund of money collected from them by the national secretariat.

Aspirants of the PDP Plateau state that did not scale through the party’s primary have given the national secretariat within 14 days to refund their money.

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In one of their notices to the national secretariat states that “PDP National headquarters will refund N146M to aspirants belonging to our caucus for misleading us at various stages and refusal to take necessary step to legalized the party.

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The aspirants mostly from Senator Jerry Useni Caucus within the Plateau state PDP stated that “This were funds spent to purchase forms for various offices as follows: 2020 botched Congresses N28m; General elections of 2023(5) aspirants N118m.”

The demand notice, signed by Emmanuel Macham added that “Our demand for the refund is based on the willful acts of the Party in refusing to form legal structure and misleading aspirants about the illegitimate status of the Party structure in Plateau State as at 2022 party primaries.

“Take notice that this letter is still within the internal mechanism aimed at peaceful resolutions.

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“Failure to act on our demands within 14 days from date of delivery will leave us with no option than to seek legal redress. We therefore urge PDP to expedite actions towards resolving the above subject matter.”


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