Former Kaduna State
Governor and Chairman, Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Redemption Party
(PRP), Alhaji Balarabe Musa, has said he is delighted to welcome to the party,
Prof. Attahiru Jega, a former Chairman of the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), who deregistered the party.
Jega recently declared his membership of the PRP and
advocated for the strengthening of the party for future elections.
Responding to questions from journalists who paid
him Sallah homage at his residence n Kaduna, Musa said PRP had to
fight its illegal deregistration by Jega in court.
He touted Jega that he should not forget in a hurry
that the PRP he is now romancing with was once deregistered by him.
Musa said although the party membership and reorganisation were
thrown open to attract national outlook, he only learnt of Jega's membership on
the pages of newspapers, even though he
said three months ago, the National Chairman of the party, Alhaji Falalu Bello,
hinted him of Jega's interest to join
the party.
The party BoT chairman said the party is a public property
and cannot reject anyone wishing to join.
According to him, "We have to exercise care and caution
because who is Prof. Attahiru Jega? Jega
was the INEC chairman, and under his chairmanship, PRP was deregistered.
“It became a big struggle for us. We approached the
court, and the court reinstated the party.
“But we have to sue the INEC chairman for contempt of
court because when the court gave the judgement that our party should be
reinstated, he refused to give us the recognition.
"Today, the same person is coming to the party
he once deregistered.
“However, he is welcome because we cannot reject him,
and since our party is a public property and is open to everyone, he is welcome."
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