By Ahmed Idris
National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Adams Oshiomhole, said on Tuesday that the results of Imo governorship primary election being circulated is fake.
Oshiohmole said this while fielding questions from State House correspondents after a close-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
He said the party had disbanded the Ahmed Gulak-led Committee that conducted the party’s governorship primaries in Imo, stressing that another committee would be set up immediately for the conduct of fresh primaries in the state before the end of the week.
“Imo was not too good news for today, but not surprising they have to learn to begin to comply with rules, they have two fake results, none of them is genuine. We will disband and we will appoint a fresh committee (electoral panel) that will conduct a transparent direct primaries that reflect the will of members of APC in Imo state regardless of the interest and powers that are behind any of the group. The truth does not require supporters club to stand, it has its hands and legs and we will do just that,” he said.
Oshiohmole, who said he was in the villa to update the President on the developments in the APC, ruled out the possibility of honouring parallel results from states.
On the conduct of the APC primaries in Lagos state on Tuesday, the APC chairman said the National Working Committee (NWC) was in charge of the primaries and that every situation had been put under control.
“I told the president that the primaries held as planned and everything is being done to ensure there is no violence because democracy doesn’t flourish with violence. Nigeria must begin to learn how to differ in opinion and in choice without fighting this is something people have to acquire over time. For me, I’m excited that if we can do it in Lagos it can be done anywhere. Everything that is being done is done under the control, supervision and direction of the NWC,” he said.
He said no matter how highly a member may be, he or she must subject himself or herself to the constitution of the party.
