The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, says the consensus method which was used in electing party officers during the March 26, 2022 convention may not be feasible for the party’s presidential primary which begins on Sunday.
Adamu emerged as the APC chairman in March after the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.),
However, the APC chairman said a presidential primary was completely different from a chairmanship election.
“The APC chairman, however, said the 28 aspirants ought to know that all of them cannot emerge as the candidate of the party.
According to him, there was no known law in the country stopping aspirants running for various political offices from taking their campaign to delegates across the country.
“For now, there is no law against aspirants taking campaign to delegates.
Meanwhile, security agents and members of the APC have held meetings ahead of the state governorship primaries of the party scheduled for Thursday (today).The meetings which held across various states were to map out strategies to prevent violence at the primaries.
On his part, the Kano State Commissioner of Police, Samaila Dikko, warned against acts capable of disrupting peaceful coexistence in the state during the primaries.
Meanwhile, the Destiny Campaign Organisation, the campaign organisation of APC governorship aspirant in Ebonyi State, Elias Mbam, has accused the state government of trying to scuttle to governorship primary.
In a statement signed by Paul Okorie, Mbam alleged that the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Francis Nwifuru, had procured thugs from other states of the Federation to scuttle the governorship primary election.
In a related development, there is anxiety in the camps of the two leading governorship aspirants of the APC in Oyo State ahead of today’s primary election.
Our correspondent gathered that aspirants were holding meetings and strategising on how to win more delegates to guarantee victory for them in the exercise which will determine the flag bearer of the party in 2023 election.
The lawmaker representing Oyo Central Senatorial District, Teslim Folarin, and a former Deputy Governor of Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Adebayo Adelabu, are the leading contestants in the race.
However, the Oyo State Public Relations Officer of NSCDC, Oyindamola Okunneye, said the security agency would be fully involved in ensuring peace and order during the exercise.
