The rescheduled governorship primary
of the Ekiti All Progressives Congress (APC) will now hold on Friday, 11 May.
The party announced the new date
today following an emergency meeting of its leadership, Malam Bolaji Abdullahi,
the national publicity secretary said.
The primaries held last Saturday was
disrupted after dozens of aspirants alleged rigging by former governor Kayode
Fayemi.
It was not clear if the party had
resolved the issues raised by many of the 33 contestants, who accused the
Governor Tanko Al-Makura committee of attempting to rig the election in
Fayemi’s favour.
The contestants, who also passed a
vote of no-confidence on the committee and asked that the election be held
afresh and votes already cast by delegates from five local councils be
cancelled.
The ruling party in the state, the
Peoples Democratic Party held its primary on Tuesday to pick its torch bearer,
for the election that will take place in July.
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