KOGI: APC Caves In To Gov Bello, Adopts Indirect Primaries For Guber

The national leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC on Friday caved in to pressures from Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State when it approved the indirect primaries for the selection of the party’s governorship candidate in the forthcoming governorship election.

The decision follows pleas by Bello and his associates for the indirect primaries and counter proposals by the governor’s critics who fear that the indirect primaries would favour the governor.

The structure of the party is in the hands of the governor following the last congresses when his rivals in the party were uprooted.

Announcing the decision of the party in a statement late on Friday, the APC national publicity secretary, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu said:

“The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has approved Indirect Primaries to elect the Party’s candidate for the forthcoming Kogi Governorship election.

“The approval was given after a meeting of the NWC on Friday where a formal request from the Kogi State executive and stakeholders in preference for the Indirect Primary was considered and deliberated on.

“Recall that the APC Constitution which was reemphasized by a decision of National Executive Committee (NEC) provides for three mode of primary election to elect Party candidates – Indirect, Direct Primaries and consensus – depending on the peculiarities of the state and preferences of the stakeholders in respective elections.”

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