INEC bans APC from fielding candidates in Zamfara
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the independent national electoral commission inec has informed the ruling all progressives congress apc that it will not be allowed to field candidates for elective positions in zamfara state in the 2019 elections1 the commissions acting secretary okechukwe ndeche in a letter to the apc said the party is barred from fielding candidates for governorship national assembly and state assembly elections as it failed to comply with sections 87 and 31 of the electoral act of 20101 parties according to the act were expected to comply with the timetable and schedule of inec which says that the conduct of primaries must be concluded between 18 august and 7 october 20181 the apc ran out of time and inec said it received reports from its zamfara office indicating that no primaries were conducted in the state notwithstanding that our officials werte fully mobilised and deployed1 zamfara problem began when the national working committee nwc of the party announced the dissolution of zamfara apc executive committee led by alhaji lawali m. liman1 the sacked leadership however claimed it returned alhaji mukhtar shehu idris as winner of last wednesdays botched governorship primary election in the state1 it also declared governor abdulaziz yari as winner of zamfara west senatorial zones primary election in the state claiming he polled 166000 votes1 however the major general abubakar mustapha gana-led zamfara state electoral committee said no primaries took place in the state1 the primary election was rescheduled for last weekend but governor yari threatened to mobilise his supporters to disrupt it. also read1