VIDEO: Drama Erupts As Aisha Yesufu Confronts NDC Leaders Over FCT Senate Ticket

Human rights activist and politician, Aisha Yesufu, has confronted leaders of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) over the conduct of the party’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) senatorial primary.....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶

In a viral video, Yesufu was seen challenging party officials, including the National Secretary, Ikenna Morgan Enekweizu, and members of the National Executive Committee (NEC), over alleged irregularities in the selection process that produced the party’s candidate.

The dispute followed the decision not to allocate the FCT senatorial ticket to Yesufu, with party officials reportedly citing her late entry into the NDC as one of the reasons.

Yesufu, however, accused the party leadership of failing to uphold commitments allegedly made to aspirants regarding the conduct of the primary.

She specifically faulted the National Secretary, arguing that public assurances should not be made if the party lacked the structure to implement them.

“The National Secretary did not have what it took to vote for every local government, then he shouldn’t have put out a statement to the world that he was going to do that,” she said.

“If we do something, we must stand by our word. It is official, it is outside, it is on our official channels.”

Yesufu also denied reports that she withdrew from the senatorial race, insisting she remained in the contest until the conclusion of the process.

“I did not quit, I did not drop out of the race. I stayed to the end,” she said in a statement titled On the Record: NDC Primaries… A Better Abuja Is Inevitable.

She added that she was willing to accept defeat if the process had been transparent and credible.

“I was told repeatedly that I can’t relate to this party. Who does that? My name has been dragged all over the place,” she said. “At the end of all those times, I said I’m ready. If I lost, I lost.”

Yesufu further alleged that the FCT senatorial primary was manipulated, claiming it was influenced behind closed doors.

She said the exercise experienced repeated postponements, last-minute venue changes, and alterations to previously communicated procedures.

According to her, a delegate-based voting system was eventually introduced instead of the direct primary initially promised at local government level.

Despite her grievances, Yesufu stated that she would not challenge the outcome in court, explaining that she did not wish to engage in what she described as a prolonged and exhausting dispute process.

“I ran to win. But when the process was subverted, I made a choice: I would not exhaust myself in a grievance process designed to wear people down,” she said.