The Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) has described the submission of nomination form by former Governor of
Plateau State, Senator Joshua Dariye as “shocking and embarrassing’’.
The party stated this in a
statement by Ben Shignugul, Vice Chairman of Plateau Central and made available
to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN.
Shignugul said Dariye should be
praying to be in good health while in prison rather than delve into politics.
He said: “It is shocking that a
convict serving a 14-year jail term will be given a nomination form to contest
an election. This is just ridiculous.
“The nomination form has a
portion which requests aspirants to state whether they were once convicted; I
wonder what information Dariye provided in that column.
“He (Dariye) is our illustrious
son and we sympathise with him. We expect him to be sober and reflect on what
has happened to him, instead of allowing himself to be dragged around by
desperate politicians.
“We still pray that he will serve
out his 14-year jail term and come out in good health.
“Dariye should equally be
praying, instead of attracting unnecessary attention to himself,’’ Shignugul
said.
The PDP official, however, noted
that Dariye or any other APC candidate is not a threat to the party in the 2019
general elections.
“Dariye cannot be a threat to us
because people in the zone are already fed up with him after eight years as
governor and two terms in the Senate,’’ Shignugul added.
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