The All Progressives Congress
(APC) is consulting its lawyers over the directive from the Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC) that it should not field candidates for
the 2019 elections.
The commission had barred the
ruling party from the elections over its failure to comply with the October 7
deadline for conducting primaries.
Internal crisis had prevented the
Zamfara APC primaries from holding.
In a letter to Adams Oshiomhole,
national chairman of the ruling party, INEC said the APC is not eligible to
partake in the 2019 elections in Zamfara.
The letter signed by Okechukwu
Ndeche, the commission’s acting secretary read: “Failure to Conduct Primaries
in Zamfara State Within the Stipulated Time-frame. Please, refer to the
timetable and schedule of activities for the 2019 general elections released by
the commission on January 9 2018.
“You would note that from the
timetable the conduct of primaries is scheduled to take place between August 18
to October 7 2018.
“However, report received from
our office in Zamfara state shows that no primaries were conducted by your
party in Zamfara, notwithstanding that our officials were fully mobilised and
deployed.
“Consequently, based on the
provision of Section 87 and 31 of the Electoral Act 2010 as amended, the
commission does not expect that your party will submit names of any candidate
from Zamfara state.”
But NAN quoted a source in the
APC national secretariat as saying the party leadership had decided to contact
its legal department before responding to the letter.
The leadership of the APC had
tried to resolve the Zamfara logjam by inaugurating a new committee which
attempted to conduct the governorship and legislative primaries in the state
between October 6 and October 7 but the panel failed to conduct the elections
because of the threats by Abdulaziz Yari, governor of the state, to call out
supporters in protest.
Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
Advertise on NigerianEye.com to reach thousands of our daily users
No comments
Post a Comment
Kindly drop a comment below.
(Comments are moderated. Clean comments will be approved immediately)
Advert Enquires - Reach out to us at NigerianEye@gmail.com