The All Progressives Congress, APC, on Tuesday announced
that it would conduct fresh primaries to determine a replacement for its late
candidate, Abubakar Audu, in the inconclusive governorship election in Kogi
State, Premium Times reports. Mr. Audu’s death was announced on Sunday shortly
after
Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, declared the election
inconclusive.
Addressing journalists at the party’s national Secretariat
in Abuja, the national chairman of the party, John Odigie-Oyegun, said
delegates to the last primaries which saw the emergence of the late candidate
would determine who becomes the candidate.
On the fate of Mr. Audu’s running-mate, James Faleke, the
APC national chairman said it would be decided after conducting fresh primary
election.
“As a party, we are going to proceed with the process of organising primaries to provide a substitute candidate for the late Abubakar Audu,” the party chairman clarified.
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