By Meliiga Akowe
Amidst allegations of bribery and corruption, the Sule Odoma/ Hassan Enape selection committee on behalf of the Igala Bassa people has failed to arrive at a conclusion in the process of selecting a consensus candidate.
The selection committee of the Igala Bassa people was invaded by hoodlums while the computation of the score sheets was ongoing at the Wisdom Home Ayangba venue of the committee meeting on Wednesday 3rd May 2923.
Earlier at a meeting on Saturday 29th April, 2023 The Dr Sule Odoma led Igala Bassa people’s Assembly, set up a selection committee headed by Alh Hassan Enape. The composition has representative of the nine Local Government and some stake holders as members.
At a scheduled meeting which held at Wisdom Home Ayangba on Wednesday 3rd of May, the committee came up with a procedure of selection by inviting the various Aspirants of Igala Bassa extraction.
Eight Aspirants adressed the committee. They are,
Alh Abdulraman Abubakar
Alh Muritala Ajaka
Dr Sam Omale
Alh Mubarak Musa
Mr Sunday Onaji
Mr Kingsley Idoko Ilonah
Alh Abdulahi Bayawo
Dr Julius Elukpor
The process went on smoothly until hoodlums invaded the venue and disrupted the computation of the assessment of the Aspirants by committee members.
Despite the deployment of huge sums of money to induce the leadership and some members of the committee by one of the Aspirants, members were bent on giving the Igala Bassa people a competent Candidate to contest the November 2023 Governorship election.
The process was truncated and the meeting ended abruptly without a decision taken.
Many of the Aspirants have lost confidence in the process and have indicated their unwillingness to subject themselves to committee going forward.
