APThe All Progressive Congress, APC, has given clarification on replacing Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma with the Governor of Coss River State, Bassey Otu as the Chairman of Governorship Primary election In Edo State, Southern Nigeria.
APC’s National Publicly Secretary, Mr. Felix Morka, made the clarification at a press conference organised by the Party in Abuja the nation’s Capital.
According to Mr. Morka, “Governor Uzodinma was unavoidably unavailable to lead the completion of the Party’s Edo State Gubernatorial Primary Election Process due to his prior scheduled attendance of, and presentation of a report, to the National Economic Council meeting today February 22, 2024.
We wish to clarify that Governor Uzodinma was neither “sacked” nor “dropped,” as it is being erroneously reported, but was unavailable to lead the completion of the Party’s Edo State Gubernatorial Primary Election Process due to his prior scheduled attendance of, and presentation of a report, to the National Economic Council meeting today February 22, 2024.
Legal action on the matter
“As a result, His Excellency Bassey Otu, Governor of Cross Rivers State, who was the Deputy Chairman of the Committee, graciously accepted to serve as Chairman, and to complete the Edo State Gubernatorial Primary Election Process,” he explained.
The Party therfore called on the public to disregard contrary statements as reported by some media outlets.
“The attention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been drawn to reports in sections of the media suggesting that the Governor of Imo State, and Chairman of the Progressives Governors’ Forum (PGF), His Excellency, Hope Uzodinma, was sacked or dropped as the Chairman of the Edo Gubernatorial Primary Election Committee, and replaced with the Governor of Cross River State, His Excellency, Bassey Otu.” Morka stated.
“The National Legal Adviser of the Party has already written a very strongly worded letter to media organizations who wrote the story to justify their stories or face very stiff consequences.
Lateefah Ibrahim
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