National Chairman of the All
Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole has replied the Independent National
Electoral Commission, setting the records straight that his party indeed held
governorship, national assembly and state assembly primaries in Zamfara state
and will present candidates for the general elections.
Oshiomhole’s statement came hours
after a letter from the acting secretary of INEC, Okechukwu Ndeche, accused the
APC of not conducting primaries within the timeframe stipulated by INEC. By
default, he claimed the APC may have lost the opportunity to present candidates
for the elections.
Ndeche wrote: “You would note
that from the timetable the conduct of primaries is scheduled to take place
between August 18 to Oct 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.
“For clarity, our position
therefore, is that the APC will not be fielding candidates for the
Governorship, National Assembly and State Assembly elections in Zamfara for the
2019 general elections”.
But firing back hours later, today
Oshiomhole debunked the basis of INEC official’s letter that no primary held in
Zamfara.
“We wish to state emphatically
that nothing can be farther from the actual situation in Zamfara state”.
Attaching the report of the
Zamfara Electoral Committee, Oshiomhole said the primaries were held between 6
and 7 October at City King Hotel in Gusau and that the candidates were arrived
at by consensus.
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