- Former minister of information, Prof. Jerry Gana, has reacted to Donald Duke as SDP's presidential candidate
- He accused leaders of SDP of betrayal
- Gana, through his director general, Ike Neliaku, said that the leaders reneged from their promise that the slot would be given to the north
The director general, Prof. Jerry Gana campaign organisation, Ike Neliaku, has accused leaders of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) of betraying his principal by inviting former Cross River state governor, Donald Duke to contest the party’s presidential primaries.
Sahara Reporters reports that he claimed to have evidence of their meetings, which he promised to disclose at the right time.
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NAIJ.com gathered that Ike who accused the party leadership of betrayal and conspiracy, maintained that his group simply wants an adherence to the party’s constitution.
He said: “By the he provision of our constitution, this ought not to have happened. We drew your attention to it, you ignored it and you said you didn’t take the man (Mr. Donald Duke) seriously.
"How wouldn’t you take a former governor serious? How, especially in this case when we heard that some of them went and invited the man (Mr. Duke) to contest?
"You invited somebody to contest, you turn around and you say you didn’t take him seriously. Somebody somewhere was simply manipulating the process to ensure that somebody does not emerge.
"We have the facts. We know the meetings they held, where they were held, dates and what they decided to do and they carried it out,” he disclosed.
Neliaku also emphasised that he was not afraid to name the leaders involved in the clandestine meetings.
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Meanwhile, NAIJ.com had previously reported that there was a serious tension and unrest threatening the chances of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) ahead of 2019 following the demand by a group known as the G-19 for the disqualification of the party’s candidate, Donald Duke, a former governor of Cross River state, from participating in the presidential race on the platform of the party
The group in a press conference on Tuesday, October 9, remarked that by settling for Duke, the party was moving contrary to its initial resolve that the presidential ticket should be reserved for a northerner.
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Source: Naija.ng