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APC wields big stick, declares Edo gov primary inconclusive
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has has ended the drama that characterised the party’s governorship primary, declaring the exercise inconclusive.
A statement by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Felix Morka, Tuesday night disclosed the party’s position on the contentious primary held last Saturday.
The APC said a new primary will be held on Thursday to determine its flagbearer for the September 2024 governorship election in the state.
This decision was reached after an emergency National Working Committee meeting of the party Tuesday night, declaring the primary conducted by the Senator Hope Uzodimma-led committee inconclusive and resolving the crisis which arose there from.
According to Morka, “At its emergency meeting held today, Tuesday, February 20, 2024, to consider the report on the Edo State Governorship Primary Election, the National Working Committee (NWC) deliberated on the report and resolved that the Edo State Governorship Primary Election has not been completed, and has now fixed Thursday February 22, 2024 for the completion of the Primary Election Process.”
Indeed, the conduct of the party’s Edo State governorship primary has brought up dramas last Saturday as two other candidates laid claim to the ticket of the party after the Chairman of the primary election committee (Uzodimma) declared Dennis Idahosa winner of the primary.
The returning officer for the primary, Stanley Ugboaja, later declared Monday Okpebholo as the duly elected candidate, even as Anamero Dekeri laid claim to the ticket.
Three of the 12 aspirants cleared for the primary had pulled out before the exercise. They are Osagie Ize-Iyamu, Lucky Imasuen and Ernest Umakhihe.
Dissatisfied aspirants had protested the conduct of the primary at the party’s national headquarters in Abuja.
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