On Wednesday, residents of Wukari, the administrative centre of Taraba State’s Wukari local government area, took to the streets to demonstrate against Daniel Adi’s appointment as the temporary chairman of the local government council.
As proposed to the Assembly by the State governor, Arc. Darius Ishaku, Adi’s name, was declared on Wednesday by the Speaker of the Taraba State House of Assembly, Joseph Albasu Kunini, as the candidate for interim chairman for the Wukari local government council.
Adi, the most recently elected chairman of the Wukari local government council, ran for election to the State House of Assembly on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) platform but was unsuccessful in the primary.
Upon hearing the nomination of the former chairman, the youth went on a rampage on the major streets of Wukari town, burning down billboards with PDP posters and inscriptions.
A youth leader among the protesters, who gave his name as Jimi Anyatso, told newsmen that the people of the area were tired of the former chairman (Adi) even before the end of his first tenure in office.
“We told the governor, our elders told the PDP leadership and stakeholders that Adi cannot be our chairman again.
“We rejected him through our votes when he contested for a seat in the State House of Assembly. We will not accept him anymore, enough of Daniel Adi. What we are doing today is a message to the governor, should he go ahead to swear him in, we will do the worse,” he said.
Some of the youths, who spoke to our correspondent, insisted that the area witnessed more peace within the few months the local government council boss was out of office.
But, when contacted via telephone, Adi did not pick up his calls to explain his position over the protest against his nomination as the caretaker chairman of Wukari LGA.