A staunch member of the New Patriotic Party, Razak Abubakar has emphasized that the National Democratic Congress can never organize a peaceful internal elections.
His comments stems from gunshots which were fired by some irate members of the NDC to protest against the decision by the part to name Ali Adolf 2: the Acting Northern Regional Chairman of the party.
According to Razak, the NDC doesn’t understand the principles of democracy like members of the NPP do. He explained that despite the reconciliatory attempt by senior members of the NDC, there would be reprisal attacks soon.
“They will retaliate, it is their attitude. They don’t believe in the internal process, they are not like NPP… They haven’t organized their branch, polling station, regional and national elections yet. They can’t do it without fighting”, he said.
Some irate National Democratic Congress (NDC) supporters on Tuesday, August 23, stormed the Northern Regional office of the party and locked it up.
The angry party youth brazed up the offices of the party fired gunshots and destroyed party properties in protest against the decision of the party to name one of the Northern Regional Vice Chairpersons, Ali Adolf, as the Acting Regional Chairman, instead of their favourite Vice Chairperson, Alhaji Rufai Vielim.
The Northern Regional Functional Executive Committee of the party on August 17 appointed Mr. Adolf as its Acting Chairman, following the death of its Regional Chairman, Alhaji Ibrahim Mobila.
In announcing the appointment, Northern Regional Secretary of the party, Mohammed Abdul Salam, clarified in a statement that “For the avoidance of doubt, the National Democratic Congress has no such position as 1” or 2nd vice-chairman position in its current executive structure.”