Ahead today’s All Progressives Congress, APC, primaries in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Edo State governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole yesterday met with the 19 gubernatorial aspirants of the party over the guidelines to be used for the conduct of the governorship primaries in the state.
Governor Oshiomhole, who led a 7-man Electoral Committee to Yenagoa into the meeting with the aspirants and other stakeholders of the APC, said the governorship primaries should be considered as a family affair, adding that the rules on the conduct of the party primaries was not different from those used in Kogi and the national primaries of the party.
According to Oshiomhole, a total of 1,508 delegates are expected to vote during the primaries, with two Board of Trustees, BoT, members, former governor, Chief Timipre Sylva and the National Deputy Publicity Secretary of the party, Timi Frank as eligible voters.
Oshiohmole also announced Samson Siasia stadium as venue for the primaries, just as he confirmed that voting will be by open ballot system with use of national identification card and voters’ card as means of identification for delegates.
The Edo State governor however, warned aspirants against involvement in issue of cloning of voters’ cards and presentation of new national identification cards as means of identification.
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