Breaking: INEC Rules APGA Out Of Anambra Guber Contest!

The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) may not present a candidate for the forthcoming governorship election in Anambra State it emerged on Monday.

This was upon the failure of the party to inform the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC of the party’s conduct of the ad-hoc delegates expected to partake in the primary to choose the candidate of the party, INEC said in two different letters obtained on Monday.

The party had scheduled the primary for Wednesday, June 23, 2021 but with the development the proposed primary may not receive INEC certification.

According to the Electoral Act a party is expected to give INEC at least 21 days notice of its plans to conduct a governorship primary.

 GreenWhiteGreen GWG reports that the Victor Oye faction that is recognized by INEC had on June 16 forwarded the list of ad-hoc delegates it claimed emerged from its ward congresses to the commission.

However, INEC in a letter on Monday, June 21, 2021 rubbished the list as not having emerged according to the procedures of the Electoral Act given that INEC did not supervise the conduct of the delegates.

In a letter to the party’s counsel dated June 18, 2021 the commission said: “This is to inform you that the commission did not receive the statutory 21 days’ notice for the nomination of APGA  Anambra State governorship candidate from Victor Oye led APGA.

“Accordingly, the commission did not monitor the said ward congress and as such, there is no monitoring report of the Commission.”

In another letter to the National Chairman of APGA also read, “Please refer to your letter dated June 16, 2021 forwarding the list of delegates for the nomination of APGA’s Governorship Candidate in the forthcoming Anambra State Governorship Election.

“This is to notify you that the records of the Commission indicates that APGA did not duly notify the Commission of the date of the Congress where the ad hoc delegates were elected as required by Section 85 of the Electoral Act 2010 (As Amended)

“Accordingly the Commission is unable to confirm if the Ad hoc Delegates list submitted by your party is the outcome of a democratic process as required by Section 87(7) of the Electoral Act 2010 (As Amended).

The development puts Governor Willie Obiano’s succession programme in jeopardy.

“The Commission wishes to emphasize the need for full compliance with all legal requirements for the conduct of Party Primaries as earlier communicated in the Commissions letter to your Party dated 37 June 2021 (REF: INEC/DEPM/UPPM/119/1/37).”

The developments have as such put the scheduled primary on Wednesday an empty show.

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