The National Working Committee of the APC has approved the mode of primaries for Saturday, September 29th, 2018 governorship primary elections scheduled to hold across the 36 states and the FCT.
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has released details of the direct and indirect primary election approved for its various state chapters.
In many states where the state governors are in battle with rivals such as senators and other influential politicians, the ruling party appears to have favoured the stance of the governors. Such states include Adamawa, Kaduna and Imo.
In Adamawa, top politicians like Babachir Lawal, and Nuhu Ribadu, had requested direct primaries while the party leadership backed by incumbent governor, Bindow Jibrilla called for indirect primaries. The APC national headquarters approved the indirect primaries.
In Kaduna, aspirants like Senator Shehu Sani, insisted on direct primaries while the party leadership in the state backed by the incumbent governor, Nasir El-Rufai, called for indirect primaries. The APC headquarters approved indirect primaries.
Direct primaries involve all card carrying members of the party electing its candidates while indirect primaries involves use of delegates to elect party candidates.
See the statement by the APC headquarters listing the form of approved primaries for states below;
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"The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has approved the mode of primaries for Saturday, September 29th, 2018 governorship primary elections scheduled to hold across the thirty-six states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)."