Madaki, others vow to boycott National Convention

As the crisis in Adamawa State chapter of People's Democratic Party (PDP) deepens, the suspended chairman of the state chapter, Chief Joel Madaki and other stakeholders have vowed to boycott the national convention of the party unless the national working committee of the party rescinded its decision to conduct party primaries outside the state and allow the "authentic delegates to vote during the party primaries."

While delivering the resolution of some aggrieved stakeholders of the party at the state party secretariat complex, spokesman of the group, Prof Andrawus Sawa noted that in view of the court orders issued by the Federal High Court Yola, they only recognised Chief Joel Madaki and Barr A.T. Shehu as chairman and secretary of the party respectively, adding that the purported suspension of the two without fair hearing should be regarded as null and void.

Sawa added that they only recognised the list of all the delegates endorsed at the October 31, 2014 and November 1, 2014 delegates election as adopted by the stakeholders and exco of Adamawa for all primary elections in 2014, adding that no other list will be recognised beside the one upheld by the Federal High Court Yola on December 1, 2014.

The stakeholders also expressed dissatisfaction over the shabby treatment the NWC was metting out to Governor Bala James Nggilari adding that such treatment is unjust and unfair to the party and its stakeholders and a mockery to the judiciary.

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