{"id":110973,"date":"2024-02-19T21:00:30","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T20:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/edo-guber-apc-primary-a-disgrace-buharis-ex-aide-lauretta-onochie"},"modified":"2024-02-19T23:30:41","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T22:30:41","slug":"edo-guber-apc-primary-a-disgrace-buharis-ex-aide-lauretta-onochie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/edo-guber-apc-primary-a-disgrace-buharis-ex-aide-lauretta-onochie","title":{"rendered":"Edo Guber: APC primary a disgrace \u2013 Buhari\u2019s ex-aide, Lauretta Onochie"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s ex-aide on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie, has described the just-concluded All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship primary election in Edo State as a disgrace to the party.<\/p>\n

Onochie lamented that some unwholesome men have hijacked the APC and now dictate who runs the party.<\/p>\n

The primary election conducted to elect APC\u2019s governorship candidate in the forthcoming election produced three different candidates.<\/p>\n

Chairman of the primary election committee, Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State, declared Dennis Idahosa winner of the exercise while the Returning Officer for the primary, Stanley Ugboaja, declared Senator Monday Okpebholo as the APC candidate.<\/p>\n

The crisis deepened on Sunday as Anamero Dekeri became the third aspirant to claim victory in Saturday\u2019s governorship primary.<\/p>\n

One Ojo Babatunde who said he was acting on behalf of all the local government returning officers, said that Dekeri polled 25,384 votes to win the contest.<\/p>\n

However, posting on X, Onochie wrote: \u201cAPC must be different. I am so ashamed, embarrassed and scandalised by the disgraceful conduct of our APC in the Edo State Primary, where four Candidates have now emerged.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are Progressives, for heaven\u2019s sake! This is what happens when a few unwholesome men hijack a political party and dictate who should run, taking that role from the people.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy is APC bent on keeping the South South a PDP territory? Each time we have an opportunity to field a winning candidate, PDP agents in APC ensure that APC fields an inferior candidate who does not stand a chance of winning the PDP candidate. It happened in Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers and Akwa Ibom.<\/p>\n

\u201c@OfficialAPCNg must recover our party from traders and work with core progressives in the region to give Nigerians in general and South South in particular, a decent alternative to the messed up PDP.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the moment, I look at the two political parties and APC is looking more like PDP than a Progressive political party.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn conclusion, I believe that the current situation where women are excluded from leadership in APC, does the party no good. A situation where the National woman leader and state woman leaders are nominated by men, ensures that women are not adequately represented in the party. You can\u2019t clap with one hand.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. Former President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s ex-aide on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie, has described the just-concluded All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship primary election in Edo State as a disgrace to the party. Onochie lamented that some unwholesome men have hijacked the APC and now dictate who runs the party. 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