2011: Ogbulafor warns against candidates’ adoption

By Henry Umoru

ABUJA—GOVERNORS and elected public officers who may have been adopted ahead of the 2011 general elections by State Chairmen of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would have had their hopes shattered as the National Chairman, Prince Vincent Ogbulafor yesterday warned all state chairmen of the party against adopting any candidate or face the full wrath of the law.

In a statement to the state Chairmen, Ogbulafor who noted with dismay the way and manner they indiscriminately adopt State Governors and legislators as flag bearers of the Party for the 2011 elections, stressed that he was not ready henceforth, to take it lightly with any State Chairman who flaunts what he described as order.

According to him, “My attention has been drawn to your indiscriminate adoption of State Governors and legislators as flag bearers of the Party for 2011 elections.