A former Military Administrator of Lagos State, Brig. Gen.
Buba Marwa (retd.), on Friday submitted his governorship form to the national
leadership of the People’s Democratic Party in Abuja.
Marwa, who was accompanied by a few of his associates, said
he was sure of getting the party’s waiver to enable him contest its primary
slated for September 6 in Adamawa State.
Before defecting to the ruling party, Marwa was a member of
one of the political parties that merged to form the All Progressives Congress.
A former governorship candidate of the defunct Congress for
Progressives Change in Adamawa State, Marwa said that since the ruling party
allows for waiver as stated in its constitution, there was no cause for alarm.
He told journalists after submitting his form that he was
not envisaging any problem and assured his supporters that he would take part
in the primary.
Marwa said, “Certainly there is provision of the PDP
constitution which says all members who aspire to run for any office whether
party’s position or actual government or elective positions, should have spent
a minimum of two years failing which they will not be able to run, unless they
are granted a waiver of this position.
“I don’t see any great difficulty with this in the sense
that during the tenure of the former chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, you will
recall the party structures were dissolved and new congresses were organized
for the party and all those new members that defected from the CPC, spent less than two months and were deemed qualified to run in the congresses and
today they remain in elective positions.
“Nobody asked them for waiver, and none was given, based on
that we have full confidence that the issue of waiver will not be an issue,
because if it has been done in Adamawa state for others it will be extended.
“In any case, almost everybody in the party will ask for
waiver because fresh registration took place at that time and so you will find
out almost everybody has spent less than two years in the party.
“I have applied for waiver through the normal processes and
I am confident that it will be amicably resolved.”
Asked how he felt about the tricycle that he introduced in
Lagos, which is now popularly called
Keke Marwa, he said he hope to also introduced many new things in the state if
elected governor.
Marwa who was also a former military administrator of Borno
State, vowed to improve the security situation in the state.
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