Why APC pushed presidential primaries to June 6, 7

By allcitynews.ng

Barely 24 hours to go for the scheduled APC primary, which would have taken place Sunday May 30, the leadership of the party has pushed it to June 6 and 7 in order to have free and fair elections.

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) again fixed new dates for its presidential primary election following the inability of
Senator Abdullahi Adamu-led National Working Committee (NWC) to hold gather it’s apparatus.

Notably, the shift became imperative as less than 24 hours before the date earlier fixed, the Senator Abdullahi Adamu-led National Working Committee (NWC) has not yet constitute convention planning committees nor organise screening for all the presidential aspirants who purchased and returned their expression of interest and nomination forms.

Another reason, is that since
President Muhammadu Buhari has departed the country to participate in the African Union Extra-ordinary Session of Assembly of Heads of State and Government in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, holding the primary in his absence would have been likened to shaving a man’s hair in his absence.

“Aspirants are saying Buhari’s departure which had been planned will cause more dysfunctionality considering that till now, no known screening is going on.

“They are confused, they don’t even know when they will be screened nor the mode of primary, the National Chairman of the APC, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, held a meeting with President Buhari, but we don’t know the outcome yet. We aren’t even sure maybe the primary will hold as scheduled, no screening three days to the exercise,” a source had said.

Furthermore, another development was the succumbing to pressure by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) who has shifted the deadline for the conduct of primary by six days in order to give room for proper preparation by political parties.

INEC National Electoral Commissioner for Information and Voter Education, Mr Festus Okoye had said the commission took the decision after a meeting with the 18 registered political parties under the aegis of the Inter-Party Advisory Council IPAC, on Friday in Abuja.

IPAC had earlier sought a two-month extension from the June 3 deadline, a demand which was rejected by the commission.

Okoye said the extension gives parties time to compile the list and personal particulars of their nominated candidates before uploading the same to the INEC portal.

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