A Niger Delta environmental activist and Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) aspirant for the House of Representatives seat for Warri Federal Constituency, Sheriff Mulade, has slammed the party with a ₦5 billion damages claim over what he described as its alleged decision to discard the outcome of the primary election for an “unknown selection or appointment process.”
Mulade, the Ibe-Sorimowei of the oil-rich Gbaramatu Kingdom, said he was “taken aback by the party’s decision,” expressing shock over what he described as the party’s sudden adoption of a candidate-selection process allegedly based on the highest bidder for nomination forms.
This was contained in a statement personally signed by the human rights activist and made available to journalists in Warri on Monday.
“We were taken aback by the newly registered party, the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), which many Nigerians considered a saviour capable of addressing the numerous challenges confronting our dear nation.
“Little did we know that the NDC vehicle we boarded was mainly for what looks more like placeholders, gambling with Nigerians’ future,” Mulade said.
“We are hereby proceeding to court with a N5 billion damages claim over the infraction,” he added.
While noting that he held the leadership of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, particularly its National Leader, Senator Henry Seriake Dickson, in high esteem, Mulade alleged that “the leadership seemed to have been overwhelmed by resources from certain Nigerians with deliberate intentions, in the guise of donations, contributions and nomination form sales.”
The PUNCH