‘No parallel APC primaries in Ebonyi – Gov. Nwifuru assures

By Uchenna Okeh Abakaliki 

The governor of Ebonyi State Francis Nwifuru has dismissed the alleged conduct of parallel primaries of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC in the state by some suspected faction.

Nwifuru made this known while addressing stakeholders during the ongoing House of Representative party primaries at the state sacreteriat of APC, located at the water works road, Abakaliki, the State capital. 

He said: “As you can see that everybody is happy. We did a very noble consultations  with our stakeholders. We had so many stakeholders meeting. Issues were sorted out.

“And what we are going to do today is elect the candidates that will fly the flag of our party. And I believe that, especially with support, we will elect a very competent candidate.

“We have only one Congress committee. If people are contesting elections, what is normal is people coming out to the field to test their popularity. And it is allowed in democracy. 

“So there is no need of parallel Congress and nobody is going to conduct parallel Congress. 

“Well, you know, this is party. People came to join the party with interests. The question would have been, what did these people do in 2023? 

“And what is the evidence of their support? Whether they support you or whether they do not support you in 2023.

 “And I am happy that people are willing and ready to even join another party to test their popularity. 

“So it is not difficult for me. It is not something that I can say. But it is democracy. It is allowed. And that is what it should be” he stated.