The All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship primary held on Tuesday has been nullified by the panel set up for the exercise by the National Working Committee, NWC, of the party.
According to the chairman of the panel, Chief Clement Ebri, the exercise was not conducted in accordance with the rules of the party.
Ebri who spoke at a press conference at Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos, said the open ballot used was in opposition to the guidelines of the party.
His words: “The preparatory process had just been concluded for the primaries. The primary is to begin anytime soon.
“There was no election. Election materials are being sorted.
“The stage is set and election begins anytime from now. We have guidelines and we will stick to the guidelines.
“Because of the political tension in the state, we decided to be very careful, very methodical. As party men, peace is more important to us than victory.
“We want a kind of victory that will be celebrated by both parties.
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“We want an election that will be credible and in line with the guidelines, the extant rules and the laws of the country.
“And that is what we have done. We are ready to go to the field and execute this. So that at the end of the day, we will not be accused of partisanship. Lagos is very important to us and it is a flagship of the APC.”
Ebri said that his panel would get in contact with the national headquarters on the timing for the release of materials.
“We have two aspirants and we need to be fair to both parties. The information we demanded for came in about an hour ago. And we had to struggle this period to balance the equation.
“Now that we are ready, we will contact the national headquarters on the situation and the right time will be announced,” Ebri said.
He explained that the national headquarters of the party had instructed that ballot papers should be used for the exercise.
