Edo 2020: No going back on direct primaries - Oshiomhole

The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has insisted the party would go ahead with the direct primary

The Oshiomhole-led National Working Committee, on Monday, announced its adoption of a direct primary method for the party’s June 22 primary election in Edo, a decision described as unconstitutional by Anselm Ojezua, the factional chairman of the APC in the state.

“It doesn’t matter whether it is direct or indirect primary, I will win because I know what we have done in Edo State,” he boasted, leaning on his over three years performance as the governor of the state.Speaking with journalists at the party’s secretariat in Abuja after the NWC meeting with some governors of the party, the national chairman insisted that his decision was backed by the party’s constitution.

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