PDP women vow to revolt against party candidate in Gombe
No fewer than 1000 former women leaders in Gombe have vowed to revolt against the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Jibrin Barde.
The women cutting across 11 Local Government Areas of Gombe State, said Barde as failed to get them involved in the runnings of the party’s campaign, adding that their crime was that many of them supported another candidate.
Leader of the forum, Mole Istafanus, who handed an ultimatum of three days to the governorship candidate said the group should not be held responsible for looming poor performance of the party.
Our Correspondent reports that the women were clad in black materials, depicting their mood, they alleged may bear negative consequences for the party should their demands to be included be turned down.
According to her, as soon as a candidate becomes a flag bearer any party, he was supposed to carry his opponents along and all party members to enable them triumph in the general election.
Istafanus said, “The governorship candidate said he will not work with those who did not support him during the primaries. How can we win election if founding members are not carried along. These are pioneer members and he met them in the party when he joined.
“If they want to win, let them make amends or else we know what we will do. In fact, we are giving them an ultimatum of just three days to do the needful. Otherwise, we will help them to lose the election.”
