APC Rules Out Indirect Primary in Edo State via thisdaylive
Iyobosa Uwugiaren, Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja and Adibe Emenyonu in Benin City
Six aspirants, from two camps of the party, riven by power tussle, are in the race for the APC’s governorship ticket. The governor’s Special Adviser on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr. Crusoe Osagie, was quoted as saying that the gazzette was in line with the directive of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 that states should manage the COVID-19 pandemic through measures unique to them.
“It can never happen and it will never happen. The president does not interfere in the party’s affairs,” he added. However, Article 20 of APC Constitution says conduct of primaries for nomination for governorship shall be through direct or indirect primary election to be conducted at the appropriate level.
Jibrin, in a statement yesterday, said the insistence by the party on a direct primary without a register of members smacked of sinister motives to cause confusion, violence and manipulate the process. “As we speak, the national secretariat of the APC has no up-to-date register of members. The last time the register was updated was in 2017.
The party chieftain noted that the APC’s National Executive Council , and not the NWC, has the final say on the mode of the primary.
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