VETO POWER: APC NATIONAL NULLIFIES LAGOS PRIMARY ELECTION
Joseph Omoniyi
The National Working Committee panel of the All Progressives Congress has declared the party’s governorship primary in Lagos State null, says election was not held across the 20 local government areas of the state on Tuesday.
The Chairman of the panel, Mr Clement Ebri, who addressed the press in Alausa, Ikeja, said, the committee was interested in a credible exercise that would not disintegrate the party and would, therefore, ensure that the aspirants were given a level playing field.
The chairman, displaying empty result sheets as an evidence that the primary did not hold officially, said, “First and foremost, yesterday (Monday) we held a stakeholders meeting; certain submissions were made and on the basis of these submissions, I contacted the national headquarters and they asked us to adjust the procedures in line with the provisions.
“We had a session with the representatives of both aspirants, they were here as early as 8am and at that meeting, we discussed some of these modalities and asked them to furnish us with names of people who will act as agents for this exercise.
“So, we received the list from one party about one hour ago. At one point, they brought a list for seven local governments out of 20 and about five hours later, they brought list for 11. Even the other two local governments have not been provided till this moment (4pm). Do you blame me? Will you have expected us to collect 18 from one person and 20 from another person? No.”
The primary is being contested by the state Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, and Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the anointed candidate of the APC National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
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