- Following a protest held by governorship aspirants under the aegis of Kogi State APC Governorship Aspirants Forum against the party decision to adopt indirect primary for her governorship primary election in the state, the All Progressives Congress has said it will not be pressured by stakeholders on which type of primary to use for the August 29 governorship primary.
Following a protest held by governorship aspirants under the aegis of Kogi State APC Governorship Aspirants Forum against the party decision to adopt indirect primary for her governorship primary election in the state, the All Progressives Congress has said it will not be pressured by stakeholders on which type of primary to use for the August 29 governorship primary.
The APC Governorship Aspirants Forum who claimed there was no wide consultation with stakeholders by the party leaders before arriving at such decision forwarded a petition to the APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, stating the negative effects of such decision on the {arty in Kogi State.
Speaking with our correspondent on Saturday, the APC National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, said the party won’t be pressured into taking any decision on the petitions, which he said, were already receiving attention.
When asked if the party would cave in to pressure to reverse itself, he said, “We have made a statement on that and that should suffice. We won’t be rushed into taking a decision.
“We will make no further statements on that. Whatever decision the party would make on the issues at hand would be communicated to the public at the appropriate time.”
In the earlier statement issued, the APC had promised to look at the merit of the petitions in line with the party’s constitution and come out with a position in due course.
The statement said, “The NWC, therefore, thanks the aggrieved APC stakeholders in Kogi State for the peaceful manner in which they have conducted themselves so far and their trust in the NWC to do the right thing.
“It needs restating that the APC constitution which was reemphasised by a decision of the National Executive Committee provides for three modes of primaries to elect party candidates – Indirect, Direct Primaries and consensus – depending on the peculiarities of the state and preferences of the stakeholders in respective elections.
Meanwhile, about 37 governorship aspirants on Thursday stormed the National Secretariat of the party to declare support for the adoption of indirect primary.
