APC TO HOLD ANOTHER PRIMARY ELECTION FOR EBONYI SOUTH SENATORIAL ZONE, BEING THE THIRD ONE, TO ACCOMMODATE GOV. UMAHI
Otu Obiahu
AJM NEWS
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has fixed another primary election for Ebonyi South Senatorial Zone.
According to the party, the sale of forms will be on Wednesday, 27 July; the submission of the completed forms is on Thursday, 28 July, while the screening of aspirants will be on Friday, 29 July, all will take place at the APC National Secretariat, Abuja.
The primary election proper will hold on Sunday, 31 July in Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.
It would be recalled that the Abakaliki Division of the Federal High Court, last Friday, struck out a suit by Governor Dave Umahi seeking to be recognized as the Ebonyi South Senatorial District candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC).
The court held that the APC erred in conducting another primary without including the name of the runner-up in the first primary after the winner of the first primary withdrew from the race.
The governor, through his counsel, Roy Umahi, had sued the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and asked the court to compel the commission to recognize the governor as the authentic candidate for Ebonyi South Senatorial District.
But Princess Agom-Eze, who came second in the first primary, on Tuesday, approached the court and urged it not to recognize Governor Umahi as the APC candidate.
Austin Umahi (the governor’s younger brother), was the winner of the May 28 primary. When the first primary was held, the governor was still seeking to be the APC presidential candidate.
After losing the APC presidential ticket, the governor returned to Ebonyi. His brother withdrew from the race and the second primary election was conducted on June 9 which was reportedly won by the governor unopposed.
When INEC published the names of senatorial candidates in the state, it left that of Ebonyi South Senatorial District vacant.
The upcoming primary election for Ebonyi South Senatorial Zone on July 31 will be the third one in a couple of months.
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