2023: APC Gives Amaechi, Ngige Three Days To Resign

Rotimi Amaechi and Chris Ngige, the two ministers angling for the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress, APC have a deadline of Saturday to resign under the guidelines for the primary released by the party on Tuesday.

GreenWhiteGreen GWG reports that the ambition of Abubakar Malami, SAN to become governor of Kebbi State may have in the same vein crashed given that he was supposed to have resigned by May 23.

Under the guidelines released by the party, aspirants holding appointments in government are expected to resign from such positions at least 30 days before the party primary.

Section 3 (i) of the APC final guidelines for the conduct of primaries states that ”no political appointee at any level shall be a voting delegate or be voted for the purpose of the nomination of candidates. Any political office holder interested in contesting for an elective office shall leave office 30 days prior to the date of election or party primary for the office sought.”

The APC has scheduled its presidential primary to hold between May 30 and June 1, leaving the gladiators including Rotimi Amaechi, Chris Ngige up till April 30 to resign from office.

Similarly, the Governorship, Senate, federal and state assembly primary elections to select APC candidates for the general elections, according to the party’s timetable, will hold between May 18  and 23.

Malami who has made a bold move to succeed Governor Atiku Bagudu as governor of Kebbi State may have missed that date. However, Malami has been variously tagged as a possible presidential running mate to several APC presidential gladiators including Yemi Osinbajo and Rotimi Amaechi.

GreenWhiteGreen GWG reports that the appointees at the federal level had also been alleged to be ensnared by Section 84(12) of the Electoral Act which requires that no political appointee shall be a voting delegate or be voted for in a party congress.

That provision of the electoral act was struck down by an Abia High Court and quickly adopted by Malami who critics said was self-serving in his response.

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