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APC Primary Cancelled, Party Chairman Arrested Over Alleged Illegality In Lagos

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May 28, 2022.

Yinka Akanbi

Yomi Olubamido, APC Chairman in the constituency, was consequently arrested for alleged unlawful distribution of delegates’ tags…
He said that the tags and other election materials ought to have been strictly kept in the hands of electoral officers

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EKO HOT BLOG reports that Chairman of the APC Electoral Committee, Somolu Constituency 1, Lagos State, Olaibi Blaize, on Friday ordered arrest of the chairman of the party in the constituency for alleged unlawful distribution of primary election materials.

APC held House of Assembly and House of Representatives primaries across the 40 Lagos State constituencies and 24 federal constituencies in the state.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Blaize also cancelled the party’s primary election in the constituency.

Yomi Olubamido, APC Chairman in the constituency, was consequently arrested for alleged unlawful distribution of delegates’ tags and accreditation materials.

Blaize, who addressing delegates, said: “I cannot conduct the elections under this atmosphere because the materials meant for the elections were cited with some delegates.

”I was told from the APC Secretariat in ACME that the election materials have been sent to the local government, but when I got here, l asked Olubamido about the materials and he denied receiving anything from the state secretariat.

” I was surprised when l saw the delegates’ tags and other election materials with party members and delegates.

”On this note, l decided to cancel the process here and l told a police officer to arrest Olubamido for illegal possession of election materials.”

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Blaize said that the process had been compromised.

He said that the tags and other election materials ought to have been strictly kept in the hands of electoral officers and not party members or delegates.

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