Nigerian Concord Newspaper
Benue state commissioner for Cooperative, Rural and Urban Development, Mrs Joy Luga has put out her official car for sale to enable her raise funds to obtain a nomination form for her preferred chairmanship aspirant in the forthcoming local government primaries in Gboko local government.
Recall that APC stakeholders and the seventeen APC ward chairmen in Gboko as well as the party’s chairman in the local government has unanimously presented Barr. Elias Torseer Yina to the speaker of the Benue State House of Assembly, Rt Hon. Dajoh Anodona as their consensus candidate.
Led by Gboko Local Government Hon. Terfa Iorngirim, the local government stakeholders also presented the seventeen consensus councilorship candidates to the speaker.
As the leader of APC in Gboko, Speaker Dajoh Anodona in return immediately released funds for the purchase of nomination forms for the consensus chairmanship and Councillorship candidates. The forms were purchased yesterday.
In her reaction, the commissioner, Joy Luga issued a disclaimer, saying that she would not accept the consensus arrangements made by the Gboko APC stakeholders, local and Ward Executives.
Saying that she would not accept a “one man” show, Luga immediately informed her aides to look for a buyer for her official car to enable her raise funds to purchase nomination forms for her preferred chairmanship aspirant.
Meanwhile, information reaching this newspaper indicated that the official car is being priced for N5m while she has been mounting pressures on her aides to have it sold before the closure of the nomination forms.
When reached on her mobile line number 08030761272 for comments, the commissioner confirmed the information, adding that the official car belongs to her and that she is at liberty to sell it for any purpose.
Asking further why she is against the consensus arrangement made by stakeholders of the party in Gboko, Joy Luga said she would not comment further and dropped the call.