The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary and Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El Rufai, yesterday said about 3, 600 delegates will vote in today’s election to decide who will be the party’s candidate in the November 21 governorship election.
Addressing pressmen in Lokoja at the end of a closed door meeting with the 28 aspirants vying for the Kogi APC governorship ticket, the chairman, who heads a seven-man Kogi APC governorship primary said all the close to 4, 000 ballot papers to be used during the exercise will be personally signed by him.
He said that the exercise, which will take place at the new Confluence Stadium Lokoja, will be “security tight” as no unauthorised person will be allowed into the venue.
Each delegate, he said, will be expected to leave the venue immediately after casting their votes.
The governor who aside from other members of the committee will be assisted by seven of his personal staff as well as serving state and federal legislators and other top appointees from Kaduna State, said the process will be a replica of the APC presidential primary that produced President Muhammadu Buhari.
He warned that no politicking will be allowed anywhere near the venue.
He stated that ballot papers will only be validated via three means: aspirants’ names, popular acronyms or by number tabulation.
El-Rufai warned that any aspirant wishing to step down from the race must indicate so in writing before commencement of secret balloting.
Meanwhile, delegates from the nine local government areas of the state have reportedly endorsed Prince Abubakar Audu as the party’s sole candidate.
The delegates who are from Kogi East were reportedly monitored filing into the Lokoja residence of the former governor, where they entered into a closed door meeting.
A source who was at the meeting told our correspondent that the delegates decided to back Audu after long hours of consultation.
Audu’s endorsement, said the source, might not be unconnected with the realization by the over 15 APC aspirants from Audu’s senatorial district (East) that they had little chance against him.
The Kogi residence of Audu was a beehive of activities, even as rumours of gang-up by some of the other aspirants made the rounds.
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