Adams OshiomholeNo fewer than 20 governorship aspirants on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the November 16 governorship election in the state, have rejected the indirect mode of primary election approved for the state by the national secretariat of the party.
The aspirants, including former Chairman of the Nigeria Football Association, Alhaji Yusuf Haruna who was former Aide de Camp to APC National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole said that using the indirect primary would amount to denying them a level playing ground and denying card-carrying members the opportunity to exercise their rights.
In a letter to the National Chairman of the party signed by General Patrick Akpa and Comrade Godwin Egbunu, and read to newsmen by Comrade Mohammed Ali, they claimed that with the indirect primary, the party is setting booby traps for itself.
They said that as loyal party members, they will not fold their arms and allow the party to suffer huge political loss arising from the narrow ambition of a “non-performing governor.
At the time of this report, the aspirants were at a meeting with some members of the National Working Committee.
