A chieftain of All Progressives Congress in Lagos State, Joe
Igbokwe, says the indirect primary option adopted by the ruling party for its
forthcoming presidential election is better for former Lagos State governor and
APC presidential hopeful, Bola Tinubu.
Igbokwe, a staunch supporter of Tinubu, stated this in a
chat with PUNCH on Wednesday, shortly after the APC National Executive
Council led by Abdullahi Adamu met in Abuja and ruled out the consensus model
of selecting a presidential candidate while it settled for the indirect primary
model.
According to Igbokwe, who is an aide to Lagos State
Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Tinubu would trounce his contenders during the
primary election because he has “deep structures”.
He said, “Indirect means that it is open and then you go to
convention and the delegates will vote. Let’s wait and see, Asiwaju (Tinubu)
will beat them. If they do it the other way (consensus), the Presidency can buy
everything for somebody.
“The indirect primary is better for Asiwaju and it is going
to weed off those boys that are looking for somebody to settle them that they
want to be President. It’s going to clear the unserious people. Either way,
Asiwaju is on the ground.”
In an indirect primary, party members elect delegates who
elect the party’s candidates on their behalf. The APC is said to have about
7,800 delegates nationwide.
The APC on Wednesday also said its Special Convention for
Presidential Primaries would hold from May 30 to June 1, 2022.
The party revealed that it would begin selling nomination
and expression of interest forms for various electoral offices on April 23
until May 6, 2022.
The APC also pegged its presidential nomination and
expression of interest forms at N100 million.
APC presidential aspirants so far include Tinubu;
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo; Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi;
Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige; Ebonyi State Governor, Dave
Umahi; Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello; ex-Governor of Imo State, Rochas
Okorocha; former Governor of Abia State and Majority Whip of the Senate, Orji
Kalu; amongst others.
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