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The Appeal Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has asked that the nullification of the governorship primaries of the party in Benue State should be effected immediately.
A Catholic Priest, Rev Fr Hycinth Alia had emerged winner of the primary after the Benue State chapter of the party adopted direct primaries.
The appeal committee, in a report submitted to the National Chairman of the party, Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, on Saturday in Abuja, said the exercise should be nullified, to avoid the agony of not fielding a candidate in the 2023 governorship election in Benue State.
The report was signed by the Benue State APC Primary Election Appeal Committee Chairman, Barr. Uzoamaka Onyeama, and the Secretary, Gyang Dung Gyang.
The committee said it received petitions and reports from party faithful and citizens of the state, including governorship aspirants, Sen. Barnabas Gemade, Prof. Terhemba Shija, Mr. Michael Aondoaka (SAN), that the said governorship primaries never took place.
The report in part reads: “The few result sheets the aspirants presented to us had more curiously no agent of the guber aspirants or agent of the declared candidate to prove the results sheets produced and declared genuine.
“It is the submission of the Appeal committee members that from the foregoing, the past event of Zamfara State and the most latest and potent danger of Anambra State; that no governorship primary held in Benue State and we recommend as follows; that the NWC cancel in its entirety the gubernatorial primary election in Benue State and conduct a fresh one.”
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