Yakubu Busari
The Fourth Time aspirant for Jos North /Bassa Federal Constituency, Hon Peter Akuja has disclosed that, why he is still contesting for the seat of Jos North, Bassa.
Speaking in an interview on his ambition for the seat of Jos north, Bassa federal constituency, Hon Akuja, said, “I feel I’m the right person at the right time, so please allow me to complete the remaining tenure because we have suffered the same political misfortune in Bassa Local Government”.
He said he is the best candidate with the experience requires to deliver campaign promises to the good people of Jos North, Bassa constituency.
Hon Akuja explained that the scenario in politics that led to the death of late Hon Haruna Maitala and the way and manner court truncated his election after six months was the same casualty that befalls them all.
He pleaded with the people of Jos North, Bassa constituency to as a matter of request on political mandate, let me register my presence at the national assembly by completing Bassa tenure.
Hon Peter said late Hon Haruna Maitala had an accident and he died and I had the same accident from the court where my election was nullified so let me contest and bring my experience to bear.
He pointed out that the committee was set up to lobby all the aspirants to reach a consensus, but nobody was given mandatory force to step down for anyone until after a while they didn’t submit the final outcome of their assignment to the party.
Hon Peter Akuja says the APC committee gave them an additional mandate after the main purpose of streamlining them is just to ensure that the primaries were conducted peacefully in accordance with the party lay down guidelines.
Akuja explained further that as far as he is concerned about whether the mandate was given or not recently at the stakeholders’ meeting held at the Yelwa club in Bukuru the committee members completely denied that no names were submitted to the party so all aspirants can contest for the seat.
However, he stressed that it was the party that set up the committee, we don’t know that didn’t submit the list of successful winners until they were exposed at the stakeholders meeting that the Jos North /Bassa is open to all the aspirants.
He cautioned that the agreement reached was that the seat is zoned to Bassa for them to complete the remaining tenure of late Haruna Maitala just as the same as in Plateau South senatorial seat when late Sen.Ignatius Longjan died the party ask the other local governments to allow the people of Quaanpan to produce the next senator which was overwhelmingly agreed upon.
Peter Akuja said after the purported primaries conducted by Sen. Adudu led committee those aspirants alleged to have won the party primaries abandon their function and went to sleep in all the chiefdoms.
He maintained that the Jos North aspirants were busy with their electioneering campaign at the same party which prompted some of us to indicate interest to continue canvassing for votes.
Hon Akuja pointed out that the meeting held with the Governor, categorically explain that Bassa people should be allowed so to me it was on this ground that I still have the desire to contest and represent my people.
I still have to continue contesting for the position to provide quality leadership for my people, we came out to admonished our willingness to save our people’s needs, he added.
This is my fourth time vying for the seat, the first time I won and I only spent six months when the court nullified that election, and late Maitala suffered the same fate with me so the Bassa people should be given this opportunity, Hon Peter’s.
According to him, “I feel I’m the right person at the right time allow me to complete the remaining tenure because I was there and court nullified it.
He said the people of Jos North, Bassa give your mandate, let me register at the national assembly.
