Victor Giadom, who
recently declared himself as the chairman of the All Progressives Congress
(APC), says the party’s primary to select a candidate for the Edo governorship
election has not been approved.
The APC governorship
primary began on Monday morning with voting currently taking place across the
wards in Edo state.
In a letter dated
June 18 but received by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on
Monday, he urged the commission not to be involved in the primary election, as
he did not authorise the process.
He also copied the
inspector-general of police (IGP), department of state service (DSS) and the
Edo APC.
“Reports reaching me
is that some persons have perfected plans to conduct direct gubernatorial
primaries for our great party in Edo State next week under the purported
chairmanship of His Excellency Governor Hope Uzodinma on Monday, June 22,
2020,” it read.
“Kindly note that as
the Acting Chairman of our party, I did not authorize such a committee, neither
have I inaugurated one. The earlier announced date for the primaries that is
June 22, 2020, has been postponed.
“You are therefore
advised not to give any support to any such committee or to monitor any such
primaries. A new date for the primaries would be communicated to you soonest.
We regret the inconvenience this might cause your commission.”
He added that a copy
of the letter would be sent to the relevant law enforcement agencies and Anselm
Ojezua, Edo APC chairman, “for their information and necessary actions”.
Giadom had declared
himself the APC national chairman following the ruling of the court of appeal which
affirmed Adam Oshiomhole’s suspension from the same position.
Although a high
court of the federal capital territory (FCT) reaffirmed Giadom’s position,
another high court in Rivers state restrained him from parading himself as
such.
The party, however,
maintained that Abiola Ajimobi, former Oyo governor, is its acting chairman,
while Hilliard Eta, vice chairman of the party (south-south), was appointed to
stand in for Ajimobi who was “unavoidably absent”.
Meanwhile, earlier
on Monday, Worgu Boms was sworn in as the national deputy secretary and will
take Giadom’s place in the national working committee (NWC) of the APC.
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