Ribadu emerge as Adamawa PDP gubernatorial candidate for 2015

Mallam Nuhu Ribadu former Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Monday emerged the winner of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP gubernatorial primaries ahead of 2015 Gubernatorial Election.
Nuhu Ribadu  who in year 2011 was the Presidential candidate of the Old Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, but was defeated by President Goodluck Jonathan of the PDP polled 688 votes to defeat others at the end of the primaries which took place at the Old Parade Ground, Area 10, Garki, Abuja, emerged as PDP’s flag bearer for the election.
The National Leadership of PDP was on Friday forced to relocate the conduct of the Adamawa State primaries where its candidates for the 2015 general elections would emerge to the nation’s Capital city, Abuja, following the continued security challenges posed by the Boko Haram insurgency in the North East.Governor James Bala Ngilari and his supporters have described the primaries conducted in the nation’s capital city, Abuja as illegal and flagrant disregard of a subsisting court order by a competent court of law, just as they stressed that the action was totally unacceptable.

Addressing Journalists yesterday in Abuja, Chairman, Adamawa State Chapter of PDP, Chief Joel Madaki who boasted that they would go ahead with the primary election in Yola, the state capital, however asked what list the other group was using in Abuja to conduct the primaries, adding, ” they will never succeed, we remain focused, resolute and we are working for Mr. President. What list are they using; the Joel Madaki led Exco is prepared to hold the primaries in Adamawa and not Abuja.