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Ribadu gets PDP waiver to contest Adamawa Governorship

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Channel: TV360 Nigeria · 2014 · News & Politics

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has finally granted a waiver to former Economic and Financial Crimes Commission chairman, Nuhu Ribadu to contest under its platform in the Adamawa governorship bye-election scheduled to hold October 11.

Also granted waivers were former military administrator of Lagos and Borno states, Buba Marwa as well as Markus Gundiri a one time governorship candidate of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN. 

The three aspirants had earlier submitted their application for waiver to the National Working Committee of the party.  
The NWC took the decision following a report submitted by a sub-committee which recommending that a waiver be granted to them.

However, this decision may not go down well with seven other aspirants of the PDP who had filed a petition asking that a waiver should not be granted to the three aspirants who they say are not members of the PDP.

The petitioners include Umar Ardo, Ahmed Gulak, James Barka, Andrawus Sawa, Abubakar Girei, Idi Hong and Awwal Tukur who is the son of Bamanga Tukur.

They had argued that Ribadu and Gundiri had joined the PDP for the first time only recently, while Marwa had returned to the Party after earlier defecting from the PDP to other political parties

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