Ahead of the Kogi State gubernatorial election, the national
leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday declared that
there is no automatic ticket for the governor, Captain Idris Wada.
The party stated this while declaring that the gubernatorial primary
will hold on September 10, adding that sale and return of expression on
interest form will begin August 17 and end on August 24. The election is
billed in hold on November 21.
Addressing a press conference after the weekly National Working
Committee, NWC, meeting, PDP National Organising Secretary, Abubakar
Mustapha, assured that there will be no imposition of candidate during
their primaries.
He said: “We are ready to conduct credible, free and fair primaries
to select credible candidate. There will be no imposition of candidate.
People will be put to man the system to see that it is free, fair and
credible.”
Asked if the incumbent governor would be offered automatic ticket for
the November 21 poll, Mustapha said an emphatic ‘no’.
He disclosed that screening of aspirants will be on August 27, and
screening appeal will hold on August 29.
Ward congress for election of adhoc delegates will hold September 3,
while ward congresses appeal will hold on September 5. Gubernatorial
election appeal is scheduled for September 12.
He also disclosed that Edo state PDP has notified the national
secretariat that the tenure of ward, local government and state
executive of the party will expire on September 1.
He therefore revealed that ward, local government and state elections
will hold on September 10, 17 and 24 respectively.
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