The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party said it has noted the refusal of Prof. Akasoba Duke-Abiola to collect her Presidential Expression of Interest and Nomination forms in spite of the one week extension granted by the party, which expires on Friday (today), to accommodate teeming party faithful interested in running for respective offices.
The party said it also noted that Prof. Duke-Abiola wilfully refused to collect her Expression of Interest form with Code number PD002/P and serial number 0000003 and Nomination form with Code number PD003/P and serial number 0000003 even after it was sent to her through her lawyers.
The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, in a statement on Thursday, said Duke-Abiola’s refusal to collect the forms suggests an ulterior motive.
Metuh added that other aspirants, including Dr. Ghalil Tafawa Balewa, and President Goodluck Jonathan collected their forms on October 30, 2014 and November 6, 2014 respectively.
The party expressed surprise that Duke-Abiola, chose to go to court instead of taking advantage of the extension, which expires on November 14 to collect her forms.
Stating that the aspirant still has until the close of work on November 14, 2014 to collect her forms, the PDP said failure to do so will make it have no option than to consider her as not being interested in the contest, but out to cause confusion and foment trouble in the party.
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