A factional acting National
Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Victor Giadom, has urged the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to disregard the ongoing
governorship primary election in Edo State.
He made the appeal in a letter addressed to the INEC Chairman,
Professor Mahmood Yakubu, and received by the electoral umpire on Monday.
In the letter dated June 18, 2020, Giadom asked INEC not to give
support to direct primary election conducted by a committee chaired by the Imo
State Governor, Hope Uzodinma.
“Kindly note that as the acting chairman of our party, I did not
authorize such a committee, neither have I inaugurated one,” he said.
The factional chairman added, “You are, therefore, advised not
to give any support to any such committee or to monitor any such primaries.”
Although Giadom acknowledged that the party had fixed June 22 to
conduct the exercise, he insisted that the primary had been postponed and a new
date would be communicated to INEC soon.
He noted that a copy of the letter has been sent to the relevant
law enforcement agencies and the APC chairman of the party in the state loyal
to his faction, Anslem Ojezua.
Read the letter addressed to
the INEC chairman below:
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