The All Progressives Congress
(APC) says it has right to submit names of its candidates for elective
positions in Zamfara state in 2019.
Lanre Onilu, national publicity
secretary of party, said this while speaking with reporters in Abuja on
Wednesday.
He said this was without
prejudice to the Independent National Electoral Commission’s stance.
INEC had said APC was not
eligible to field candidates for governorship, national assembly and state
assembly positions in Zamfara.
The Commission, in a letter
signed by Okechukwu Ndeche, its acting secretary, said the APC was not
qualified to field candidates because it failed to conduct primaries in the state
within the stipulated time frame.
But Adams Oshiomhole, national
chairman of the party, had insisted that the party held primaries in Zamfara.
He, however, said primary
election was not the only mode prescribed for producing party candidates for
elections in the 2010 amended Electoral Act.
“We submitted list of candidates
for legislative elections in Zamfara state, if INEC did not take it, it is a
different thing. We have a right to submit and INEC has the legal
responsibility to receive,” Onilu told reporters.
“INEC cannot disqualify
candidates we all know that. We have said clearly that whatever claim INEC is
making is not correct and it is not a true representation of what happened, “
Onilu said.
He added that the APC would,
however, continue to take progressive steps to ensure that INEC did “what was
right” ahead of the 2019 general election.
On court ruling on the submission
of governorship candidate for Imo, the APC national publicity secretary said
the party would comply with the court decision.
He, however, noted that the
submission of governorship candidates to INEC falls due on November 2, saying
that the party still had time.
“We will only decide who will be
APC’s governorship candidate for Imo by November 2,“ the APC spokesman said.
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