LG Polls: Niger Deputy Gov, Garba accused of imposition of candidate  

By  Daniel Ebi,  Minna. 

The Niger State deputy governor, Yakubu Garba has been accused by stakeholders in his Local  Government Area,  Shiroro  of sidelining major political actors and imposing his aide, Ibrahim  Zahradine Dodo as the APC Candidate for the council.

The exercise which started on Monday has drawn flanks from some stakeholders in Shiroro local government areas of the state. 

It was gathered that,  trouble started when stakeholders  from the Lakpan axis which has  eight of the fifteen ward that constitute Shiroro local government area were mandated to screen and forward three aspirant for adoption and submission to the  party and Governor Mohammed Umar Bago for the  final  selection of the preferred candidate felt short changed. 

Confirming their grievances in a chat with newsmen, some of the aggrieved stakeholders  threatened to work against the party if  their grievances are not addressed. 

Alhaji Yakubu Justice  Kuta,  Iliyasu Zarumi and Mallam Idris Adamu speaking on behalf of other aggrieved  stakeholders accused the State Deputy Governor of  imposing one of  his aide on the people after  promising the Lamkpa  people of free hand in choosing their preferred Chairmanship candidate while the House of Assembly member has been zoned to kuta axis in 2027.

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“We screened and forwarded three names as agreed,  namely,  Salihu  Beri, Audu Galadima and Salihu Madaki, but to our shock a name that was not part of the list Ibrahim Zarandi Dodo was selected as our candidate 

” This is not acceptable to us because over time we have strictly adhered to our internal zoning arrangement  in the Local government,  as things stand now, we have lost out

” The State Deputy Governor,  the Commissioner from Shiroro,  the House of Assembly member and Adviser and the incumbent Local Government Area Chairman are all from Kuta axis with seven wards while we that has eight wards are left with the crumbs of just a political Director General “

According to them,  the arrogance exhibited by some individual in the former ruling Party , the  Peoples Democratic Party led to its loss of power

” APC is not a worship house, who said what happened yesterday can’t happen again 

” The cabal that pursued PDP out of power are gradually gathering again, if there is no compensation method then we are afraid for the party”

According to the aggrieved party stakeholders,  the Governor,  Mohammed Umaru Bago should urgently intervene before the situation gets out of control. .