“If the NWC eventually adopts a direct primary to decide who picks the party’s ticket for the governorship primary election Obaseki may likely not win, but that the development may also affect the chances of APC to retaining Edo State come September.”
and former governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, to adopt direct primary for the coming governorship primary in Edo State scheduled to hold on June 22, the hope of getting a second term ticket by the incumbent governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki remains uncertain.
It would be recalled that the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate in the 2016 governorship election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, who recently defected to APC at the instance of Oshiomhole, has since been cleared to participate in the party’s governorship primary and he is believed to be the favourite candidate of the national chairman, who may have been tipped to wrestle power from Obaseki.
He said, “I laughed at the naivety of these kids and grimaced at the sheer wickedness. This is nothing but a clear case of living in denial of the obvious reality on the ground in the politics of the APC primaries soon to be held. In a way, it is blackmail as well a calculated gimmick to give the diminishing following of the governor a false sense hope under an obvious condition of despair.”
“APC which was founded on the principles of constitutionalism and the rule of law,” Shuaibu said, “is now subject to arbitrary administration without dictates of the law. The ruling party which ought to be a model for others in the upholding of the rule of law is now the nest of lawlessness.” “To buttress my above assertion, the following few examples will drive the point home. By and 9.4 of the APC Constitution as amended, pages 6 and 8) every member will be registered at his ward when his or her name is entered in the register by the Ward Executives.
“Not even NEC has the power to appoint any national officer of the party in any capacity. Let me ask this simple question: what is difficult in organising a midterm convention to elect the officers in line with the constitution so that even the officers will have confidence that they are elected like all other officers? The constitution of the party in Article 25 page 89 stipulates that there shall be a convention every two years.
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