A panel set up by the national
working committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) panel has insisted on
the disqualification of some aspirants from the primaries of 2019 elections.
This is despite pressure from
Aisha Buhari, wife of the president; Ibikunle Amosun, governor of Ogun state;
Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna, among others.
TheCable reports that the panel cleared those given automatic tickets. Among them is Shehu Sani,
senator representing Kaduna central.
The party’s primaries across the
states were marred with allegations of irregularities and illegal
disqualification of aspirants.
The issue had triggered a series
of meetings between the president and aggrieved governors, some of whose
preferred aspirants were affected.
The president’s wife had kicked
against the primaries, saying impunity was manifest in them.
“It is disheartening to note that
some aspirants used their hard earned money to purchase nomination forms, got
screened, cleared and campaigned vigorously yet found their names omitted on
Election Day, these forms were bought at exorbitant prices,” Aisha had said.
Mahmoud Halilu, her brother,
sought to contest in the governorship primary of Adamawa state but was
disqualified while an automatic ticket was given to Jibrilla Bindow, the
incumbent governor.
In Kaduna while el-Rufai got
senatorial ticket, Uba Sani, his preferred candidate for Kaduna central
senatorial district was disqualified.
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