APC APPROVES INDIRECT PRIMARIES FOR KOGI GUBER ELECTION

Yayha Bello, incumbent governor (l), and Senator Dino Melaye of the PDP, are the two strong contenders for the polls.

Three mode of primary election to elect Party candidates – Indirect, Direct Primaries and consensus – depending on the peculiarities of the state

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the  All Progressives Congress (APC) has approved Indirect Primaries to elect the part's  candidate for the forthcoming Kogi Governorship election.

In a statement released and signed by the party's National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, the approval was given after a meeting of the NWC on Friday where a formal request from the Kogi State executive and stakeholders in preference for the Indirect Primary was considered and deliberated on.

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"Recall that the APC Constitution which was reemphasized by a decision of National Executive Committee (NEC) provides for three mode of primary election to elect Party candidates – Indirect, Direct Primaries and consensus – depending on the peculiarities of the state and preferences of the stakeholders in respective elections," Issa-Onilu said in the statement.

Meanwhile, the Party's timetable for the sales of forms and conduct of primaries will be announced in due course. 

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