Uzodimma urged the APC leadership to pray to God to give members of the committee the wisdom to carry out the assignment.
By Jeffrey Agbo
National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, has tasked the party’s Edo Governorship Primary Election Committee to conduct a free, fair and credible primary.
Ganduje spoke in Abuja while inaugurating the APC Edo Governorship Primary Election and Appeal Committees headed by Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma.
He said the composition of the two committees was a product of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) in accordance with its constitution.
He said the 12 cleared governorship aspirants were free to appeal at the end of the primary should they have any observations, saying: “that is why we have an appeal committee which is like the Supreme Court”.
Speaking on behalf of members of the committee, the Imo governor said the APC would come up with a candidate that would be appealing to Edo electorate.
Uzodimma thanked Ganduje and the party’s NWC for the confidence reposed on members of the committees.
Uzodimma, who is also the chairman of Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), urged the APC leadership to pray to God to give members of the committee the wisdom to carry out the assignment.
“It is indeed an honor to call on all of us as members of these two important committees to go to Edo to midwife the process of selecting a gubernatorial candidate for the state’s forthcoming governorship election.
“It is a thing of big trust, and we feel humbled, on behalf of myself and members of these committees, we want to thank you and the party’s NWC for this show of confidence.
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“And our prayers is that we work hard to justify this confidence imposed on us.Our party is a fantastic brand, very popular, and a good product.
“It behooves on members of our committee to work in harmony with the party’s local leadership in Edo to bring up a product that will look like our party and is easily marketable in Edo,” he said.
Earlier, the APC National Organising Secretary, Sulaiman Argungu, said the party had entrenched a system of equity where its stakeholders were assured of the fidelity of the process based on candidate’s emergence from a transparent exercise.
Other members of the committees are Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River, Titilayo Tomori, and Umar Hassan and Lawal Garba.
The 12 aspirants are Prince Clem Agba, Sen. Monday Okpebholo, Lucky Imasuen, Anamero Dekeri, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, Gideon Ikhine, retired Col. David Imuse and retired Gen. Charles Airhiavbere (Rtd.).
Others are Prof. Oserheimen Osunbor, Blessing Agbomhere, Dennis Idahosa and Ernest Umakhihe.