The aspirants on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party PDP will today faceThe State Security Service screening panel today ahead of the party’s primary election next Sunday primary.
The profiling and vetting of political aspirants, according to a DSS official, is to enable the service fish out criminal elements who should not be entrusted with sensitive office of the governor in the state and guide relevant agencies, parties and institutions appropriately.
The vetting is a continuous exercise and a core function of our mandate to determine if anyone who is seeking to occupy any office is fit and proper to do so in order to prevent criminally-minded elements from being saddle with sensitive government apparatus and institutions,” a DSS official explained.
Under the arrangement, which is said to have begun in earnest, the security agency is to beam its searchlight on those who have criminal records bordering on economic sabotage, corruption, terrorism financing and separatist agitation among others.
OBSERVERSTIMES recall that the main opposition in Kogi state has screened ten aspirants for the coming November governorship elections in Kogi State Among those are Engr Musa Wada the immediate candidate of the party in 2019 Gubernatorial election, Arc Yomi Awoniyi former Governor of the state , Senator Dino Melaye, Barrister Muhammed Kabiru Usman, Idoko Kingsley Ilona, Reuben Atabo, SAN, Abdullahi Haruna SAN
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