{"id":5689,"date":"2023-01-28T11:13:45","date_gmt":"2023-01-28T10:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/?p=5689"},"modified":"2023-01-28T11:13:45","modified_gmt":"2023-01-28T10:13:45","slug":"apc-picks-april-10-for-kogi-governorship-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/apc-picks-april-10-for-kogi-governorship-primary\/","title":{"rendered":"APC Picks April 10 for Kogi Governorship Primary\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The All Progressives Congress (APC), has picked April 10, 2023 as the tentative date for the conduct of party\u2019s primaries for <a href=\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/2022\/10\/25\/inec-2023-guber-elections-in-kogi-imo-bayelsa\/\">Kogi, Bayelsa and Imo states staggered governorship elections.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Though the mode of the primaries has been a source of controversy for the leadership of the party, however the National Working Committee (NWC), may have resolved to settle for direct mode of primaries for Imo and Bayelsa, and opted for indirect in Kogi.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Only recently, the leadership of the party was enmeshed in controversy over the unilateral decision of the national chairman to notify the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) about the mode of the primaries for the three states without any formal deliberations by the party\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, confiding on Saturday Sun over the development, an impeccable source close to the party\u2019s national leadership said that the resolution was reached after this week\u2019s meeting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI can reliably inform you that the NWC has agreed to conduct primary for the three states on April 10, this year. They have also resolved on the mode of primaries, settling for direct in two states of Imo and Bayelsa while they opted for indirect for Kogi. Every other issues has been sorted out and the y are one united family for now,\u201d our source said, pleading anonymity<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, the ruling party has congratulated former governor of Osun State, Adegboyega Oyetola, over his victory at the election tribunal on Friday, stressing that the verdict represents victory for democracy and the rule of law.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The statement signed by the party\u2019s National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, read: \u201cAPC heartily congratulates Governor Adegboyega Oyetola, our party faithful, and the good people of Osun State on the resounding victory at the Election Tribunal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe Tribunal\u2019s verdict represents victory for democracy and the rule of law. It is a categorical affirmation of the will of the Osun electorate as expressed at the polls.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe peaceful conduct of the Osun governorship election and effective recourse procedures are eloquent testament to our Party\u2019s commitment to bequeathing a legacy of credible elections, and independent and fair dispensation of electoral justice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe Tribunal\u2019s findings and verdict on the pivotal question of over-voting yet again underscores the massive significance of the programme of electoral reform, and new and efficient technologies implemented by the APC-administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Again, congratulations to the triumphant people of Osun State,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The All Progressives Congress (APC), has picked April 10, 2023 as the tentative date for the conduct of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[84,1109],"class_list":{"0":"post-5689","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-politics","7":"tag-apc","8":"tag-kogi-governorship"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>APC Picks April 10 for Kogi Governorship Primary\u00a0 - Ebira Reporters<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The All Progressives Congress (APC), has picked April 10, 2023 as the tentative date for the conduct of party\u2019s primaries for Kogi, Bayelsa..\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/apc-picks-april-10-for-kogi-governorship-primary\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"APC Picks April 10 for Kogi Governorship Primary\u00a0 - 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