May 11 Chosen For Fresh Primaries
After the controversies and violence that marred the first All Progressive Congress(APC) Governorship Primary Elections, a new date has been announced by the party to conduct a fresh election.
This was announced by Alhaji Bolaji Abdullahi, the party’s spokesman on Tuesday. According to him, the election will hold on May 11th, 2018. He also stated that the secretary to the Al-Makura led Committee has been changed.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced a new date for Ekiti State governorship primaries.
The spokesman of the party, Bolaji Abdullahi, told newsmen on Tuesday that the primary election will hold on Friday, May 11th, 2018.
Abdullahi said the primary will still be conducted by the Governor Tanko Al- Makura led Committee, the only exception being the substitution of the secretary of the committee.
It can be recalled that the primary election, which held on Saturday was suspended indefinitely over violence that erupted on alleged fraud being perpetrated by a particular aspirant.
They smashed ballot boxes and prevented delegates from voting.
Only delegates from four local government areas had concluded their voting. It was the turn of the fifth council when the violence erupted.
Trouble started at about 5.30pm when some agents raised observations about how the process was being allegedly compromised, accusing men of the Department of State Services (DSS) of dictating to delegates who they should vote for.
Police and other security agencies shot sporadically into the air when the situation was escalating into a full-blown violence among the camps.
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