2019 elections: INEC insists Zamfara APC has no candidate
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by emmanuel oloniruha8 he however said that the commission had stopped every registration request for transfer and replacement of damaged pvcs1 inec chairman prof. mahmood yakubu stated this on the sideline of the opening of a two-day validation workshop titled study on the cost of elections in ecowas region on monday in abuja1 we have issued a statement on zamfara and nothing has changed. we stand by the statement that we issued he said1 yakubu re-emphasised that the deadline for submission of party candidates name to the commission was oct. 18 saying that it would give a full report on that after nov. 181 inec had informed the ruling apc in a leaked memo that it would not be allowed to field candidates for elective positions in zamfara in the 2019 elections1 the commissions acting secretary okechukwe ndeche in a letter to the apc said that the party was barred from fielding candidates for governorship national assembly and state assembly elections1 the commission said this was because apc 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 held between aug. 18 and oct. 71 inec said it received reports from its zamfara office indicating that no primaries were conducted in the state notwithstanding that our officials were fully mobilised and deployed1 the apc national chairman adams oshiomhole later responded to inec in a statement and said that the party had already arrived at a consensus before the deadline1 the independent national electoral commission inec says it stands by its statement that the all progressives congress apc will not field candidates for the 2019 general elections in zamfara1 after hours of intense horse-trading a consensus was reached within the spirit and context of the electoral act and the constitution of our party1 this was done in strict compliance with section 87 6 of the electoral act 2010 as amended he said1 he said that the claim by inec that no primaries were conducted could only be referring to its officials observation that actual voting did not take place1 the apc chairman said that conduct of primaries was not the only mode prescribed for producing candidates in the electoral act 2010 as amended1 we therefore affirm that indeed primaries took place in zamfara state oshiomhole said1 the party chairman also noted that pdp had similar issues in kano state and wondered why inec did not bar the opposition party from fielding candidates1 yakubu further said that the commission would by the end of november print the outstanding permanent voter cards pvcs1 we have printed the pvcs for those who registered in the first quarter of 2018. we are right now simultaneously printing for those who registered in the second and third quarters1 we are looking at the end of november for all the pvcs to be printed including request for transfer and relocation1 let me just repeat the assurance that every citizen that registered and who have applied for transfer or replacement will get his or her pvc before 2019 general elections1 oshiomhole said that following the high level of friction disagreements and threats of violence by various political camps before the primaries all the aspirants met at city king hotel gusau to find a truce1