APC Primaries: Eight Plateau aspirants reject results, petition appeal committee

No less than 8 senatorial and House of Representatives aspirants successful the just-concluded All Progressives Congress, APC, primaries successful Plateau State person petitioned the party’s Appeal Committee implicit alleged irregularities and different electoral misconduct.

The aggrieved aspirants see Senator Diket Plang, Ambassador Chris Giwa, Barrister Beatrice Gyang Zi, SAN, Komsol, Dr Tongshinen John Gonzhak, Senator Istifanus Gyang, AVM Napoleon Bali (rtd), and Chief Ephraim Usman.

Speaking to journalists aft submitting their petitions astatine the APC State Secretariat connected Thursday, Senator Diket Plang, who spoke connected behalf of the group, faulted the behaviour of the primaries, describing them arsenic lacking transparency and owed process.

He alleged that successful respective areas crossed the state, elections were either not conducted, inconclusive, oregon improperly handled.

According to him, determination were besides claims of unfair allocation of votes, citing instances wherever results did not bespeak existent rank spot successful affected wards.

Plang further alleged that enactment agents were sidelined during the process and denied copies of the results, adding that outcomes were mostly circulated done unofficial channels.

He, however, reaffirmed the loyalty of the petitioners to the All Progressives Congress and the medication of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, but insisted that owed process indispensable beryllium upheld...