Nasarawa: Ex-councillors deny supporting CPC

A group of former councillors, supervisory councillors and advisers from the 13 local government areas of Nasarawa State has denied declaring support for the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) as claimed by some of its members during the week.

Addressing newsmen at the Abacha Youth Centre yesterday, one of the councillors, Hamisu Abubakar Akiri, said those that declared support for the CPCP among the councillors were only 10 in number, saying that most of them are still with the PDP.

Reacting to an earlier declaration of support by over 100 councillors to the CPC by some of the councillors during a press conference in Lafia, Abubakar said: “We are, however, certainly aware that a few misguided members, certainly not more than 10 of them, claimed to have moved to the CPC.

“It is these same disgruntled councillors who sat in an obscure location in Lafia to deliver a sponsored press text where they made the spurious claims as reported in the national dailies.”

Though Abubakar admitted there was a case between them and the state government concerning the tenure, which was one of the grievances of the other councillors, he said “it must not be mistaken to be an intra-party conflict,” saying that they would still remain committed to the pursuit of the case in court and would abide by the court ruling when the time comes, as they have nothing personal against the governor.

“We remain bona fide members of the PDP family. We wish to re-emphasise our individual and collective commitment to the cause of our great party on the platform of which we were elected in the first place.

“We would want to assure you that all our members, with the exception of the few erring ones, will work assiduously for the success of all PDP candidates from Mr. President to the Governor and down the ladder.”