Some members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Taraba have rejected Senator Joel Ikenya as a ministerial nominee from the state. The members under the aegis of Coalition of Organized Forums within the PDP, said Ikenya’s nomination would rob the party of victory in the general elections.

The aggrieved party members, in a protest letter addressed to President Goodluck Jonathan, said its unfair and ill-timed for the PDP to nominate Ikenya from same Southern Taraba that produced the PDP governorship candidate, Darius Dickson Ishiaku .

The group wondered if the PDP does not want the support of the Taraba North and Central zones which fortunately have the highest numbers of eligible voters and PVC collection.

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