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Just In: Lagos governorship primary nullified
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ebri said the panel was waiting for the party chairman alhaji tunde balogun to provide certain information that would enable them post people to the wards2 the apc national working committee nwc panel on tuesday cancelled the exercise that took place earlier in the day in the lagos governorship primary election saying the preparatory process for the election had just been concluded2 the preparatory process had just been concluded for the primaries. the primary is to begin anytime soon2 there was no election. election materials are being sorted. the stage is set and election begins anytime from now. we have guidelines and we will stick to the guidelines2 because of the political tension in the state we decided to be very careful very methodical. as party men peace is more important to us than victory2 we want a kind of victory that will be celebrated by both parties2 we want an election that will be credible and in line with the guidelines the extant rules and the laws of the country2 and that is what we have done. we are ready to go to the field and execute this. so that at the end of the day we will not be accused of partisanship. lagos is very important to us and it is a flagship of the apc ebri said2 he said that the panel was ready to give the most credible primary to the state and would contact the national headquarters for information on the preparatory process2 it takes a lot of work for the main show to take place2 we are ready to give the state the most credible election2 we will contact the national headquarters on the timing for the release of materials. it is not our fault that this exercise took this long2 the chairman of the panel chief clement ebri spoke at a news conference in alausa ikeja2 we have two aspirants and we need to be fair to both parties. the information we demanded for came in about an hour ago. and we had to struggle this period to balance the equation2 now that we are ready we will contact the national headquarters on the situation and the right time will be announced ebri said2 he said that five persons from the local organising committee and four for each ward would be posted 2 they will all go out to ensure the primary is conducted. we all understand the terrain in the state especially as it concerns the traffic situation. so the materials are available now and ready for deployment2 the national secretariat advised us to use ballot papers and we came into lagos with thousands of them. but during the stakeholders meeting it became obvious that the state chapter of the party was not ready for such primary2 they claimed that there was time to educate the members and others. and based on the submission made at the stakeholders meeting on monday some changes were made he said2 ebri said the panel was advised to conduct the open ballot in a manner that would be objective to all parties2 and that is one of the adjustment we made to accommodate views of the stakeholders. for us the stage is set and the primary should commence any moment from now he said2 earlierthe chairman lagos apc balogun said the election held and it was free fair and credible2 when asked if the panel supervised the election he said he would not be able to answer that2 according to balogun he only saw observers and could not tell2 we are awaiting the panel to declare the result he said2 -
Just In: Lagos governorship primary nullified
News & Trends •
ebri said the panel was waiting for the party chairman alhaji tunde balogun to provide certain information that would enable them post people to the wards2 the apc national working committee nwc panel on tuesday cancelled the exercise that took place earlier in the day in the lagos governorship primary election saying the preparatory process for the election had just been concluded2 the preparatory process had just been concluded for the primaries. the primary is to begin anytime soon2 there was no election. election materials are being sorted. the stage is set and election begins anytime from now. we have guidelines and we will stick to the guidelines2 because of the political tension in the state we decided to be very careful very methodical. as party men peace is more important to us than victory2 we want a kind of victory that will be celebrated by both parties2 we want an election that will be credible and in line with the guidelines the extant rules and the laws of the country2 and that is what we have done. we are ready to go to the field and execute this. so that at the end of the day we will not be accused of partisanship. lagos is very important to us and it is a flagship of the apc ebri said2 he said that the panel was ready to give the most credible primary to the state and would contact the national headquarters for information on the preparatory process2 it takes a lot of work for the main show to take place2 we are ready to give the state the most credible election2 we will contact the national headquarters on the timing for the release of materials. it is not our fault that this exercise took this long2 the chairman of the panel chief clement ebri spoke at a news conference in alausa ikeja2 we have two aspirants and we need to be fair to both parties. the information we demanded for came in about an hour ago. and we had to struggle this period to balance the equation2 now that we are ready we will contact the national headquarters on the situation and the right time will be announced ebri said2 he said that five persons from the local organising committee and four for each ward would be posted 2 they will all go out to ensure the primary is conducted. we all understand the terrain in the state especially as it concerns the traffic situation. so the materials are available now and ready for deployment2 the national secretariat advised us to use ballot papers and we came into lagos with thousands of them. but during the stakeholders meeting it became obvious that the state chapter of the party was not ready for such primary2 they claimed that there was time to educate the members and others. and based on the submission made at the stakeholders meeting on monday some changes were made he said2 ebri said the panel was advised to conduct the open ballot in a manner that would be objective to all parties2 and that is one of the adjustment we made to accommodate views of the stakeholders. for us the stage is set and the primary should commence any moment from now he said2 earlierthe chairman lagos apc balogun said the election held and it was free fair and credible2 when asked if the panel supervised the election he said he would not be able to answer that2 according to balogun he only saw observers and could not tell2 we are awaiting the panel to declare the result he said2