Thursday’s primary elections deepen APC crises

The All Progressives Congress governorship primaries held on Thursday has deepened the crises in the party’s state chapters as some factions held parallel congresses while others boycotted the polls entirely.

Some aspirants in Ogun, Lagos, Rivers, and Ebonyi states in separate interviews with newsmen faulted the delegate lists used for the primaries.

While opposing factions in Akwa Ibom state held parallel primaries, aggrieved aspirants and party chieftains boycotted the shadow elections in Rivers, Sokoto and Delta states.

Some of the aspirants threatened legal actions and warned the party against any action that could lead to the nullification of the primaries.

The ruling party is currently battling crises in states like Rivers, Ogun, Oyo, Akwa Ibom, Delta, Osun, and Sokoto where factions are battling for supremacy.

Abe shuns rivers primary, says exercise skewed, biased, vows to challenge result

Before the commencement of the Rivers state APC primary in Port Harcourt on Thursday, a governorship aspirant, Magnus Abe, who is leading a faction opposed to the one headed by a former minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, withdrew from the exercise.