Protests by aggrieved members stalled the Local Government congresses of the Benue State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Saturday. The protests followed alleged alteration of the list from the last ward congresses and diversion of congress materials. There has been confusion in the party since the inconclusive ward congresses in July.
DAILY POST gathered that the list from the ward congresses that was released to party stakeholders in Makurdi on Friday did not tally with was collated at the wards during the congressess. There was a charged atmosphere at the party secretariat with large presence of security operatives deployed to prevent breakdown of law and order. Several youths suspected to be political thugs converged at the secretariat, chanting solidarity songs.
The conduct of the recent congresses at the ward level has generated so much confusion and heat over the gale of suspensions and counter suspensions of members for anti-party activities. After a very long wait by members of the party secretariat in Makurdi, pandemonium broke out when electoral officials arrived from Abuja. Fight broke out as the officials were prevented from distributing materials for the conduct of the local government congresses.
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