Breaking: Edo APC faithfulls call for cancellation of primaries
By Our Correspondents
A cross section of faithfuls of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Edo State chapter, has called for the cancellation of the National Assembly and State House of Assembly primaries held on 6 October, 2018, in the State, describing it as undemocratic and abuse of the people's fundamental human rights.
Comrade Adams Oshiomhole
APC National Chairman
Speaking with the Social Reporters News Service, a youth leader in Uhiele ward in Ovia North East Local Government Area who pleaded anonymity, said there was no voting at Uhiele community. He said he was surprised when result was announced by an electoral committee that was not seen at the venue of election.
In the same vein, a woman leader in the popular town of Oluku said it was a show of shame that the APC could not conduct a credible primary election in Edo State. She called for the cancellation of the election and a reconstitution of the electoral committee.
Our Correspondents also report that APC faithfuls in Egor, Oredo, Ikpoba-Okha, Edo Central and North of the State, also had grievances about the elections and called for its cancellation. They exclaimed that most of the electorates were disenfranchised.
A cross section of faithfuls of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Edo State chapter, has called for the cancellation of the National Assembly and State House of Assembly primaries held on 6 October, 2018, in the State, describing it as undemocratic and abuse of the people's fundamental human rights.
Comrade Adams Oshiomhole
APC National Chairman
Speaking with the Social Reporters News Service, a youth leader in Uhiele ward in Ovia North East Local Government Area who pleaded anonymity, said there was no voting at Uhiele community. He said he was surprised when result was announced by an electoral committee that was not seen at the venue of election.
In the same vein, a woman leader in the popular town of Oluku said it was a show of shame that the APC could not conduct a credible primary election in Edo State. She called for the cancellation of the election and a reconstitution of the electoral committee.
Our Correspondents also report that APC faithfuls in Egor, Oredo, Ikpoba-Okha, Edo Central and North of the State, also had grievances about the elections and called for its cancellation. They exclaimed that most of the electorates were disenfranchised.
They alleged that no results sheets were available and that the candidates that emerged were known as ‘Establishment candidates’.
A former member of the House of Representatives and an aspirant for the Edo Central Senatorial seat, Hon Patrick Ikhariale, described the primaries as sham and a negation of the values of the APC.
Ikhariale said he would seek redress through the party’s machinery and warned that the APC risked losing at the general elections.
His words, “What happened today leaves a negative impression and it is unfortunate for the party. It was a total charade and a jamboree.
“The primaries do not represent the ethos and political values of the APC. It was done in a brutal manner because some people do not belong to the establishment group.”
A House of Assembly aspirant for Esan Central, Prince Kingsley Shaka Momodu, called for the sacking of the APC State executives for allowing an aspirant whose name was not in the register to participate in the election.
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