Gaidam Says he is not the Custodian of Party’s Nomination Forms

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The Yobe State Governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Gaidam, on Wednesday said he should not be dragged into issues bordering on the collection of the All Progressives Congress (APC) nomination forms in the state as he is not its custodian. Speaking with journalists in Damaturu via his spokesman, Mallam Abdullahi Bego, the governor said the task was given to party executive both in Yobe State and at the national level in Abuja and he does not have the prerogative to sell nomination forms let alone to hoard them.
Bego said: “Party executives are in charge of determining and issuing out expression of interest or nomination forms to those wishing to contest elective posts under the party and not Gaidam.”
Responding to allegations made by one Mohammed Gaskanta, ostensibly on behalf of ‘elders’ from Yobe Zone C, that certain people have tried to collect party nomination forms but were “told that the governorship and senate forms are with the governor,” he asked: “What does the governor have to do with those forms? The forms are under the control of the party headquarters in Abuja and the branch of the party in the state.The governor does not control or issue any forms.”
He added: “Interestingly, those who made the allegation have not mentioned the person or persons who told them the forms are with the governor. And it is simple common sense that the governor cannot be the one issuing out or holding nomination forms which are in the possession of party executives.
“In addition, the person who made the allegation, Mohammed Gaskanta, is not an elder from Yobe zone c. He does not speak on behalf of any APC elders in Yobe Zone C. I am from Yobe Zone c myself, as you know, and I can tell you that Gaskanta does not speak for anybody from my zone. He knows his troubles in the party and he just wants to be noticed, that’s all.”
Bego advised any party member who has any requests to make to refer his requests to the national and state executives of the party.
The governor’s spokesman added that the APC was in a ‘solid state’ in Yobe, and that “it is poised not only to retain the governorship seat in the 2015 election but also to contribute significantly to unseating the PDP and driving it out of power in Abuja.”