By John Mkom, Jalingo.

Three among the four aspirants for the gubernatorial primaries under All Progressive Congress APC in Taraba state have boycott from the venue of the primaries accusing the party for lack of transparency in the election process.

Dr. Muhammad Julde, Alhaji M T Tumba and Barr. Yusufu Akirikwen Thursday boycott the election complaining that there were irregularities in respect of the gubernatorial primaries.

Earlier Dr. Muhammed Julde, Alhaji M T Tumba, Yususfu Akirikwen,and Sen. Aisha Arhasan were cleared by the party to aspire for the primary election in the state.

In their formal complaint to the APC Primaries Committee Taraba state, of which the resident commissioner of Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, the state commissioner of police, the state director SSS the national and zonal chairmen of the party were copied, the three aspirant accused the primaries committee of taken side to one aspirant in the quest to conduct of the primaries.

“It is known to you that we have been cleared and certified to contest in the APC gubernatorial primaries scheduled to hold on Thursday the 4th December 2014 based on this approval by the party”

“we committed ourselves in various ways to see that we participate as democrats in the primaries. We further in pursuit of this purpose applied for all the information necessary for our successful participation in the process of the primaries”

“It is true that we asked for the list of delegates accredited by the party for the exercise of electing a sole candidate from all the aspirants but this request has not been honored by you the primaries committee”

“Up to this moment even though you are eager to go ahead with the process of the primaries regardless of the fact that our request has been denied”

“Take note that we are ready and also prefer to opt out of the primaries as our request as aforementioned has not been met by your committee”

Akirikwen stated on behave of the other two aspirants.

The state chairman of the party Hasan Jika Ardo denied knowledge of the three aspirants boycott from the primaries.

He said non out of the three aspirants has written to him that he is not sertisfied
With the with the process.

He said all the aspirants were in his office on the eve of the primaries including the primaries committee but non of them complaint of anything “therefore as far as am concern there is no problem with the primaries process” the party chairman stated.