APC Announces New Mode Of Primaries For All States, FCT

Nigeria’s ruling party, the All Progressives Congress has released the new approved mode of primaries for the 36 states chapters of the party including the Federal Capital Territory.

In the new mode of primaries, some APC state governors who felt disenchanted over the earlier directive of the party that direct primaries must be used for all levels of election ahead of the 2019 elections are now favoured in the new released mode.

Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha who led the governors who kicked against the earlier plans by the Comrade Adams Oshiomhole led National Working Committee of the party is highly favoured in the endorsed mode.

In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena, on Tuesday, which also banned the Adamawa State Executive Committee of the party from conducting the elections, the party accused the state executive of bias in respect of a governorship candidate.

The statement by the National Secretariat of the party is reproduced in full below:

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has approved the mode of primaries for Saturday, September 29th, 2018 governorship primary elections scheduled to hold across the thirty-six states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

S/No. STATE RESOLUTION ON MODE OF PRIMARIES TO BE ADOPTED
1. ABIA DIRECT PRIMARIES
2. ADAMAWA INDIRECT PRIMARIES
3. AKWA IBOM DIRECT PRIMARIES
4. ANAMBRA DIRECT PRIMARIES
5. BAUCHI DIRECT PRIMARIES
6. BAYELSA DIRECT PRIMARIES
7. BENUE INDIRECT PRIMARIES
8. BORNO INDIRECT PRIMARIES
9. CROSSRIVER DIRECT PRIMARIES
10. DELTA INDIRECT PRIMARIES
11. EBONYI INDIRECT PRIMARIES
12. ENUGU INDIRECT PRIMARIES
13. EDO DIRECT PRIMARIES
14. EKITI DIRECT PRIMARIES
15. GOMBE INDIRECT PRIMARIES
16. IMO DIRECT PRIMARIES
17. JIGAWA INDIRECT PRIMARIES
18. KADUNA INDIRECT PRIMARIES
19. KANO DIRECT PRIMARIES
20. KASTINA INDIRECT PRIMARIES
21. KEBBI INDIRECT PRIMARIES
22. KOGI INDIRECT PRIMARIES
23. KWARA INDIRECT PRIMARIES
24. LAGOS  DIRECT PRIMARIES
25. NASARAWA INDIRECT PRIMARIES
26. NIGER DIRECT PRIMARIES
27. OGUN DIRECT PRIMARIES
28. ONDO DIRECT PRIMARIES
29. OSUN DIRECT PRIMARIES
30. OYO INDIRECT PRIMARIES
31. PLATEAU INDIRECT PRIMARIES
32. RIVERS INDIRECT PRIMARIES
33. SOKOTO INDIRECT PRIMARIES
34. TARABA DIRECT PRIMARIES
35. YOBE INDIRECT PRIMARIES
36. ZAMFARA DIRECT PRIMARIES
37. FCT DIRECT PRIMARIES
NOTE: The National Working Committee (NWC) has banned the Adamawa State Working Committee from participating either as delegates or superintendents over the governorship primaries holding in the State. This is due to the fact that the Adamawa State Working Committee was prejudiced in favour of a governorship aspirant.

SIGNED:

Mr. Yekini Nabena

Ag. National Publicity Secretary