Ondo Guber: APC promises fair, transparent primary election

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The All Progressives Congress, APC, has promised to conduct a free, fair and transparent primary election to choose its candidate for the November 11 governorship election in Ondo State.

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Deputy National Organising Secretary, Nze Duru, gave the assurance on Saturday in Abuja as the party drew the curtain on the submission of Expression of Interest and Nomination forms by aspirants.

“We assure aspirants that the party is interested and desirous of conducting a free, fair transparent primary election in Ondo State,’’ he said.

DAILY POST reports that the primary election is scheduled to hold on April 20, 2024.

Sixteen aspirants have picked forms for the contest.

“Saturday, April 6 marks the formal closure of the first step of electing the person that will fly the party’s flag at the forthcoming governorship election in Ondo State.

“The next exercise will be the screening of aspirants on April 11 and April 12 and after that, the primary election will hold,’’ Duru added.

He noted that aspirants would be divided into groups for the screening to ensure a smooth process.

Duru equally enjoined all aspirants to extend a hand of felicitation to whoever emerged as the party’s candidate.

He noted that the recent primary election in Edo State had become a reference point in the party’s free process of choosing its candidates as, according to him, even those not comfortable with the outcome came together to broker peace among party members.