By Umar Yusuf
Yola — Adamawa State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday conducted the second ward delegates congress yesterday in the 226 wards across the 21 local government areas as directed by the party’s headquarters in Abuja.

The election of yesterday  followed the cancellation of the first one earlier conducted last week which was rebuffed by some aspirants who alleged that the conduct was not free and fair.

At yesterday’s election, delegates were seen orderly and enthusiastic about picking their representatives who they believed could represent and pick credible candidates on their behalf.

The chairman of the ad-hoc committee from the national headquarters of the party  which supervised the conduct of delegates election, Alhaji Mai Adamu Mustapha, while speaking with newsmen said  they were happy to be back in the party’s secretariat which they left two days earlier a happy people because they had successfully performed the assignment given to them.

He said the exercise was well attended throughout  the 226 wards in the state, while noting that the delegates conducted themselves in a peaceful manner.

Mustapha also told journalists that the committee was surprised at the large turn out of women despite the hot sun, saying he hoped women would soon take over political activities from men in Adamawa State.

He said they came purposely to do the bidding of President Goodluck Jonathan and the PDP hierarchy that had promised all contestants a level playing ground.

“As members of the committee, we came in here to conduct a free and fair election, all loopholes were blocked for any manipulation because we went round the wards and we saw people enthusiastic about casting their votes.”

He observed that the election process was transparent  enough devoid  of any complaint he also commended the state governor because  he never interacted with them while the contestants were well represented.

Alhaji Mai Adamu Mustapha later presented a copy of the report to the Adamawa state PDP chairman, Alhaji  Umaru Minjinwaya Kugama