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Mallam
Nasir El Rufai, Governor of Kaduna State serves as Chairman, APC Kogi
governorship primary
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The Chairman of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary and Governor of Kaduna State,
Mallam Nasir El Rufai, yesterday said about 3, 600 delegates will vote in
today’s election to decide who will be the party’s candidate in the November 21
governorship election. Addressing pressmen in Lokoja at the end of a closed door
meeting with the 28 aspirants vying for the Kogi APC governorship ticket, the
chairman, who heads a seven-man Kogi APC governorship primary said all the
close to 4, 000 ballot papers to be used during the exercise will be personally
signed by him.
He
said that the exercise, which will take place at the new Confluence Stadium
Lokoja, will be “security tight” as no unauthorized person will be allowed into
the venue.
Each
delegate, he said, will be expected to leave the venue immediately after
casting their votes.
The
Nation report continues:
The
governor, who aside from other members of the committee, will be assisted by
seven of his personal staff as well as serving state and federal legislators
and other top appointees from Kaduna State, said the process will be a replica
of the APC presidential primary that produced President Muhammadu Buhari.
He
warned that no politicking will be allowed anywhere near the venue.
He
stated that ballot papers will only be validated via three means: aspirants’
names, popular acronyms or by number tabulation.
El-Rufai
warned that any aspirant wishing to step down from the race must indicate so in
writing before commencement of secret balloting.
Meanwhile,
delegates from the nine local government areas of the state have reportedly
endorsed Prince Abubakar Audu as the party’s sole candidate.
The
delegates who are from Kogi East were reportedly monitored filing into the
Lokoja residence of the former governor, where they entered into a closed door
meeting.
A
source who was at the meeting told our correspondent that the delegates decided
to back Audu after long hours of consultation.
Audu’s
endorsement, said the source, might not be unconnected with the realization by
the over 15 APC aspirants from Audu’s senatorial district (East) that they had
little chance against him.
The Kogi residence of Audu
was a beehive of activities, even as rumours of gang-up by some of the other
aspirants made the rounds.
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