Crisis brews in Ebonyi APC as gov’s aide defends consensus, slams calls for direct primaries

Crisis is brewing ‎in the All Progressives Congress (APC) successful Ebonyi State pursuing calls by immoderate enactment members to wantonness the statement look adopted for enactment of candidates up of the 2027 wide elections.
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‎Reacting to the development, the Special Assistant to the Governor connected Inter-party Affairs, Comrade Sunday Nwambam, defended the adoption of consensus, describing it arsenic a strategical and lawful attack aimed astatine preserving enactment unity and ensuring creaseless emergence of candidates.
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‎In a statement, Nwambam said his attraction had been drawn to outcomes and property releases from meetings held crossed the 3 senatorial zones to find the method of selecting aspirants for elective positions.
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‎He noted that portion enactment stakeholders person wide applauded Governor Francis Nwifuru for promoting inclusiveness successful decision-making, his bureau has received inquiries implicit statements by immoderate politicians advocating for nonstop primaries.
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‎He clarified that the National Chairman of the APC, Nentawe Yilwatda, had earlier affirmed that the enactment remains unfastened to each recognized modes of primaries, emphasizing that credibility outweighs the method adopted.
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‎According to him, the party’s presumption is backed by provisions of the 2026 Electoral Act, peculiarly Sections 84 to 88, which supply a much structured model for campaigner information portion allowing governmental parties important d...