One of the governorship aspirants of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party in Gombe State, Khamisu Mailantarki, has clarified that he did not declare himself the winner of the party’s fresh primary as reported in the media, saying he has no such powers to do so.
While making the clarification to Arewa PUNCH, Mailantarki said he was quoted out of context in the recent interview.
However, he maintained that in the present circumstances and considering the recent judgment of the Supreme Court on party membership, he ought to have been declared winner by the Electoral Committee, having come second in the fresh primaries held on Tuesday.
“I have read many headlines that I declared myself the winner of Tuesday’s fresh governorship primary. I cannot do that because I do not the authority to do that. I was quoted out of context in my press conference after the exercise,” he said.
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