Supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Sokoto State, Wednesday, resolved to support the deployment of direct primary elections in picking the party’s candidates in the State, warning against any form of imposition.
Their position was made known in a press release signed by the Chairman of the coalition, Comrade Isah Jabbi.
They alleged that a few members of the party were lobbying for indirect primaries based on ulterior motives.
He said: “It is on this note that we wish to call on Mr President and especially His Excellency Alh. Abdullahi Adamu, our very experienced and highly conscious National Chairman to be on the watch against some party stakeholders who are bent on tilting them to accept their selfish proposal for the conduct of indirect primaries in Sokoto State against the wishes and desires of the majority (six out of seven) Gubernatorial Aspirants and the majority of party delegates and supporters.
“Their ultimate aim is to snatch away the party and hold it to the jugular ultimately imposing an unpopular candidate on the party’s supporters which has the potential of leading to voter apathy within the party’s loyalists or outright voting against the party’s candidate God forbid.
“Keen followers of the unfolding political scenario are by now aware that six out of the leading APC gubernatorial aspirants seeking the flag of our party have unanimously agreed and chosen the direct mode of primaries.
“This we are all witness to have been communicated to the National Executive council of the APC through the National Chairman His Excellency Alh. Abdullahi Adamu via a publicly available letter dated 17th May 2022.”
