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There’ll be no aggrieved aspirant after our party’s primaries: Adamu

The chairman boasted that there are mechanisms already in place to reconcile all aggrieved members after the primaries.

• May 22, 2022
APC National Chairman, Sen. Abdullahi Adamu
APC National Chairman, Sen. Abdullahi Adamu

National chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Abdullahi Adamu, says no aspirant of the party would be left aggrieved to the point of defecting after the party’s primaries slated for May 26 to 30.

Mr Adamu, was speaking through his aide, Abdullahi Yau, on Saturday, at a virtual town hall meeting organised by ‘Ward-to-ward Diaspora Network’ in collaboration with ‘Ward-to-ward Ambassadors’ on “Intra-Party democracy for the Emergence of Best Candidates”.

The chairman boasted that there are mechanisms already in place to reconcile all presidential, governorship, senatorial and house of representatives aspirants who may be aggrieved as a result of the outcome of the primaries.

Mr Adamu said: “I want to tell you that after the primaries, none of the contestants or aspirants will leave the party.

“You can see, unlike the other parties extending weight, in our party all our aspirants are calm. Everybody is going left and right, trying to win votes for themselves.”

He explained further that all aspirants would be listened to by a high-power delegation of the National Working Committee if there’s a tangible reason why they are complaining after the party’s primaries.

“They will listen to you and provide for your needs. In this way, we can carry along everybody to the party.

“I can assure you this is the most interesting part; the number of people that are contesting and they are going to give everybody a levelled playing ground where you can exercise your right as a Nigerian to contest,” Mr Adamu added.

He further boasted that at the end of the exercise, “everybody would be satisfied with whoever emerges from the primaries,” same as what happened during the national convention.

“Unless you have a process that is not well coordinated, a process that is marred by irregularities, that’s when people will be aggrieved and would want to leave the party.

“If you’re allowed to exercise your right and you think there’s fairness in what’s going on in the party and you lose, I don’t think you would want to leave the party.

“I assure you even if we are going to have such a scenario, where we are going to have aggrieved members after the primaries, the Chairman and stakeholders of the party will ensure they reconcile everybody after the primaries,” he assured.

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