The Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige has called for the postponement of the All Progressives Congress(APC) primary for the Anambra State Governorship election scheduled for today, June 26, 2021 to Tuesday , June 29, 2021.
The Minister says the postponement is overly important to enable party members across the state participate as well as give enough room to the Committee Members to resolve contentious issues raised by aspirants.
A statement issued by Senator Chris Ngige Media Office at Alor, Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State, said the Minister who is also the leader of the Party in the State, has already made his position known to the chairman of the Primary Committee for the Anambra State Governorship election and the Governor of Ogun state, Prince Dapo Abiodun.
Quoting Senator Ngige, the statement said, “ Your Excellency, Prince Dapo Abiodun, the Chairman of the Anambra State Primary Committee, good day. As I write you now, 4.25pm, Saturday, 26th June, I’m in my home town, Alor with 2 electoral wards and there is no sign of any governorship primary election. My inquiries and investigation show that the story is the same all around the 326 wards of the 21 local government areas in the state .
“As a result, most party members have left for home, having waited since 8am. I discussed with your member, Distinguished Senator Ken Nnamani and I’ll advise you call the Panel Members to shift the exercise to Tuesday, June 29th to also enable you tidy up some issues raised by aspirants.”
Similarly, about 11 aspirants for the party’s ticket have rejected the distanced themselves from whatever is going on in the state in the form of primary election.
The aspirants are insisting that no election was conducted in any ward in Anambra state which will enable a winner to emerge.
However, supporters of one of the aspirants, Andy Ubah are alleging that their principal is leading in the process.
