Eko Hot Blog reports that Ebonyi State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has denied reports that it has “anointed” former Governor David Umahi’s brother, Austin, to replace him as the Ebonyi South Senator in the National Assembly.
State Chairman Stanley Okoro-Emegha said there is no truth to the reports, and that the party will conduct a fresh primary to elect a candidate for the position.
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“APC will field a candidate that will retain the seat because it belongs to us,” Okoro-Emegha said. “We will not allow any seat occupied by the party to go to the opposition because we are on ground in the state.”
He added that whoever emerges as the candidate must be chosen by the people through a credible primary election.
Okoro-Emegha also said that while Senator Umahi is free to support any candidate, nobody will be forced on the people.
“The seat is an elective one, so its occupant should emerge through a transparent process and not through nomination,” he said. “The governor, as the leader of the party, has the right to support any aspirant, but that does not mean that the ticket belongs to anybody.”
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The party chairman said that they are waiting for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to officially declare the seat vacant and issue guidelines on the conduct of its election.
He also insisted that the APC will emerge victorious in the state governorship tribunal.
“Individuals who also say we would lose the state’s gubernatorial seat at the tribunal are dreaming because it was achieved through an overwhelming mandate,” he said. “The governor has, through his policies, started justifying the confidence reposed in him by the people, as they knew his capabilities before electing him.”
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