Zamfara: an aspirant petitions APC over primary committee
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Vanguard
An APC aspirant, Hassan Umar Dangaladima, has petitioned the national executive committee and security agencies over the composition of a committee tasked with a primary ordered by the Court of Appeal in the Kaura Namoda/Birnin Magaji constituency. National chairman Nentawe Yilwatda rejects these allegations, according to his media adviser Abimbola Tooki.
An aspirant to the APC’s ticket, the ruling party in Nigeria, has petitioned the party’s national executive committee, its national working committee and security agencies over the composition of a committee tasked with organising a fresh primary in the Kaura Namoda/Birnin Magaji federal constituency, in Zamfara State. This primary was ordered by the Court of Appeal. The complainant, Hassan Umar Dangaladima, accuses the party’s national chairman, Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, of having formed the committee alone, without consulting the national working committee, the candidates or the state chapter.
According to Dangaladima, some members of the committee are supporters of another candidate, Aminu Sani Jaji, his main rival, and he disputes the eligibility of the latter. In a statement, Yilwatda’s special adviser on media and strategic communication, Abimbola Tooki, rejects these allegations and says the national working committee operates collectively, in accordance with the party’s constitution. He affirms that the APC intends to respect the rule of law and implement court decisions.
