The All Progressives Congress
(APC) will not field candidates for all elective positions in Zamfara State in
the 2019 general elections.
This followed a declaration by
the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
INEC in a memo explained that APC
failed to meet the October 7 deadline for conducting primaries to elect
candidates for the elections.
The letter signed by the acting
secretary of the commission, Okechukwu Ndeche, was addressed to APC national
chairman, Adams Oshiomhole.
The letter titled, “Failure To
Conduct Party Primaries in Zamfara State Within The Stipulated Time Frame”
reads: “You would note from the timetable that the conduct of party primaries
is scheduled to take place between 18th August and 7th October 2018.
“Kindly also refer to the last
schedule communicated by your party to the commission on the dates of party
primaries nationwide, including Zamfara vide your letter Ref. APC/NHDQ/
INEC/19/18/51 dated 3rd Oct. 2018.
“However, report received from
our office in Zamfara State shows that no primaries were conducted by your
party in the state, Notwithstanding that our officials were fully mobilized and
deployed.”
INEC said based on the provisions
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 candidates from
Zamfara State.
“For clarity, our position is
that the All Progressives Congress (APC), will not be fielding candidates for
the governorship, National Assembly and State Assembly Elections in Zamfara
state for 2019 general elections.”
The Zamfara chapter of the APC
had split into camps headed by Governor, Abdulaziz Yari, and Senator Kabiru
Marafa.
Yari wanted Mukhtar Idris, the
state commissioner of finance, to succeed him, a situation which put the entire
primaries in disarray.
With this development, the
People’s Democratic Party (PDP) which has already picked a former member of the
House of Representatives, Bello Matawalle, as its governorship candidate for
the 2019 elections, may take over the state.
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