The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday inaugurated a five-man committee to conduct the governorship primary that will produce its flagbearer ahead of July 14 governorship election in Ekiti State.
Nasarawa State Governor, UmaruTanko Al-Makura will lead the team that will conduct the primary fixed for Saturday.
Other members of the Committee are, Honourable Magaji Aliyu (Secretary); Mr Duke Oshodin; Barr. Robert Okwuego and Mr Tunde Balogun.
The party also constituted a three-man appeal committee with Ambassador Fati Balla as chairman.
National organising secretary of the party, Osita Izunaso said the APC was poised to win the Ekiti governorship election and charged the committee to ensure a transparent exercise.
Izunaso declared that the party has no preferred candidate.
He said: “If we conduct a transparent primary, any aspirant that wins will surely become the next governor of Ekiti state… The party has no preferred candidate, there is no such thing in our lexicon. It does not exist. All aspirants are equal until after the election”
He further disclosed that the official delegates list has been given to all the 30 aspirants while all of them have been cleared by the Party’s National Working Committee (NWC) to contest the primaries.
Izunaso urged the primary election committee to convene a stakeholders meeting with aspirants and party chieftains in the state to agree on modalities for the primaries.
Governor Tanko Al-Makura assured the party that his team would be fair and diligent.
“We thank the Party for considering us worthy to carry out this very critical and important assignment at this point in time. As far as we are concerned, we consider this assignment as a family affair which has to be done in strict conformity with our Party’s guidelines and the constitution. I wish to assure the National Working Committee that by the special Grace of God, we as members of the Ekiti governorship primary will do justice to this exercise.
“We will ensure free and fair election, conformity and adherence to all the guidelines so that by the time the exercise is over, the Party will become stronger and more cohesive. This will be the beginning of the assurance of our great party to reclaim the mandate in Ekiti state” the Governor said. (Nigerian Tribune)
