Politics

JUST IN: APC Fixes Date To Hold Senatorial Re-run Election

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2 years ago

Jul 28, 2022.

A.A.S Opeyemi

APC to hold senatorial re-run primary for Umahi
….Justice Fatun Riman in his ruling had given the APC the go ahead to conduct a fresh re-run primary election for Ebonyi South senatorial zone.

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EKO HOT BLOG reports that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has scheduled a re-run primary election for the Ebonyi South senatorial zone on July 31, 2022, to accommodate Governor Dave Umahi.

Stanley Emegha, the state APC chairman, revealed this when he handed over party flags to APC candidates in the upcoming local government elections in Abakakili.

There has been considerable debate regarding who is the genuine APC candidate in the Ebonyi South senatorial zone.

While Umahi is laying claim to the ticket of the party, a retired permanent secretary in the state and a chieftain of the party, Ann Ago Eze, insists she owns the ticket.

Governor Umahi had approached the Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki to mandate the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC to recognize him as the candidate of the party since his immediate younger brother, Austin Umahi, who won the primary election has withdrawn likewise Ann Eze who came second.

But Eze who is the runner up in the election insists that she be recognised as the candidate of the party claiming that at no time did she withdrew from the race.

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Justice Fatun Riman in his ruling had given the APC the go ahead to conduct a fresh re-run primary election for Ebonyi South senatorial zone.

The APC chairman in the state, said ” the re-run election will be conducted strictly in compliance with the Federal high court’s judgement of Friday 22nd July, 2022″.

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