CPC Not Muslims Party – Scribe

The Congress for Political Change (CPC) has debunked claims
that it was a Muslim Party.

The Plateau State Secretary of the Party, Rev. David Joseph,
told The Tide’s source in Jos that the party was a democratic party that
embraced all Nigerians.

He said that the notion that CPC was a muslim Party was not
true, but meant to put the party in bad light as the party’s top echelon were
mainly Christians.

Joseph said that the party believed in democracy and equal
opportunity for all and was poised to run an honest election to win the vacant
seats of Plateau North and Barkin Ladi state assembly on Oct 6.

The party scribe told the source that the party had called
for a meeting of members fixed for Sept 4, for that purpose in order to form an
election committee.

“Honestly in preparing for this election, the northern
senatorial election and the house of assembly, we want to prepare our
candidates and in that meeting we are also going to have a committee, the party
election committee.”

“We will form a committee because the CPC is a party that
believes in proper organisation, we are a people that follow due process we do
not believe in imposition of candidates,” he said.

According to him, the party already has four aspirants for
the senatorial seat.

“We have four people that have indicated interest for the
ticket, four renowned people for the senatorial election and two people for the
Barkin Ladi state constituency seat.

“We believe that leadership is not a do or die affair, and
we are calling on the people of Plateau not to allow imposition of candidates
and to let true leadership to emerge from the polls.

“We want the election to produce a true representative of
the people and not party representatives.

“As a party, our message to the people of Plateau is that
there should not be imposition of candidates, we believe in INEC and its
capability to conduct a free, fair and credible election.

“We want to believe that the government of the day will not
do anything funny because of the man at the helm, we are taking him by his
word, Jang re-assures us he will not impose a candidate.’’