Crisis hits Benue APC over Direct Primaries mode of election

Governorship aspirant on the platform of the APC in Benue State, Engr. Sen Barnabas Andyar Gemade has warned that his party risks not producing candidates for the 2023 general elections should it adopt the Direct Primaries mode of election for nominating candidates.

Gemade, speaking at a parley with members of the State Primaries Committee of the party sent to the state, stated that the Direct Primaries mode is no longer available in the laws of Nigeria as such not available for use anywhere in the country at the moment.

He stressed that anyone who despite this well known fact goes ahead to use the Direct mode of primaries is not only doing a disservice to APC but at the same time destroying all the efforts and sacrifices made by members of the party to build it.

The former Minister, PDP National Chairman and two term Senator referred to the case of Zamfara State where adoption of wrong procedure for nomination of candidates resulted in APC being disqualified from fielding candidates to the 2019 elections.
He further lamented that it is quite strange for the Direct Primaries mode to be introduced for Benue State only today when members of the party were expecting to participate in the primaries slated for today and in line with already laid down guidelines for Indirect Primaries.

Engr. Gemade strongly warned that going ahead with the Direct mode of primaries in Benue will be a violation of the Electoral Act and as well INEC Guidelines for the conduct of the 2023 elections in the country.