Chris Ngige, minister of labour and productivity, has
faulted the outcome of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary
election conducted in Anambra, on Saturday.
On Sunday, Dapo Abiodun, governor of Ogun state and chairman
of the APC primary election committee, announced that Andy Uba, a former
senator, won the primary election.
Abiodun noted that Uba scored 230,201 votes, beating 13
other aspirants to emerge as the APC flagbearer.
Earlier on Saturday, 11 of the 14 governorship aspirants of
APC in Anambra had claimed that the June 26 primary in the state did not hold.
Speaking on the development on Monday in an interview with
Channels TV, Ngige alleged that the outcome of the primary announced by the
Ogun governor was a “total fabrication”.
The minister, who was a former governor of Anambra, said
election materials got to LGAs of the state around 6:30pm on Saturday, adding
that there was no form of monitoring by officials of the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC).
When confronted that the outcome of the primary was
announced by the Ogun governor, he said: “That is a total fabrication. Total
fabrication. There was no restriction. I later on drove around.”
Ngige, who had earlier on Saturday called for the
postponement of the primary, noted that those who “executed” the exercise are
putting the party in “harm’s way”.
“Why did you say I was not happy? Can you be happy if you
are disenfranchised in a national election? I did not vote for anybody. I did
not come out because there was no material,” he said.
“The materials got to local government areas around 6:30pm;
in some places by 7pm. What will amaze you, the result sheets that came there
were photocopied, not genuine result sheets. Photocopies! I have some samples.
“I don’t know what was playing out over there but those who
contrived and executed it, they failed it. They are putting the party in harm’s
way. They are putting our party in harm’s way because they were no monitoring
by INEC.”
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