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2019: How APC lost Rivers, Zamfara
Even before the first ballot for the 2019 general elections is cast, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has already lost governorship election in Rivers and Imo states. The party’s chances in Ogun and Imo states were also threatened following the refusal of outgoing APC governors in the two states to support the party’s governorship candidates.
A source at the APC National Secretariat in Abuja said there was disquiet in the party last week after the Independent National Electoral Commission released list of presidential and National Assembly candidates for the February 16 national elections. According to the source, “We are surprised.
Even, if INEC will not allow us in Rivers because the case is still in court, why Zamfara?
“To insist that we will not field candidates because we did not hold our primaries within the time frame is unfair.”
New Telegraph, January 20, 2019
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