By Daniel Kanu
The confusion trailing the ongoing All Progressives Congress (APC) primary elections took a turn for the worse on Thursday with the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) cancelling the Zamfara governorship primaries and fixing the Niger State primaries for Friday, October 5.
A statement by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Yekini Nabena, on the Niger State crisis read:
“The All Progressives Congress (APC) Senatorial Primaries for Niger State will now hold on Friday, 5th October, 2018.
“Sen. David Umar, Sen. Dr. A.S Abdullahi and Sen. Mustapha Sani Mohammed have been cleared by the Party’s National Working Committee (NWC) to contest the primaries.
“The list of NWC-cleared Niger State Senatorial aspirants duly signed by the APC National Chairman is attached.”
On the Zamfara saga, the statement read:
“The Prof. Abubakar Faki-led All Progressives Congress (APC) Zamfara State Governorship Primaries Committee has announced the cancellation of the primaries held in the state due to election malpractices including snatching of election materials and result sheets by the State’s government officials which were taken to the Government House, Gusau.
“The process was also marred by violence.
“Subsequently, the Party’s National Working Committee (NWC) has approved the cancellation of the Governorship primaries. A new date will be announced soonest.
“The NWC reiterates our commitment to free, fair and transparent primaries across the country.”
