APC Fixes Friday For Ekiti Primary, Insists On Al-Makura Committee

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has fixed Friday, May 11, for the governorship primary election in Ekiti state.

Bolaji Abdullahi, spokesman of the party, made the announcement while briefing journalists, on Monday in Abuja.

Abdullahi said Tanko Al-Makura, governor of Nasarawa state, will chair the election committee.

Recall that the governorship aspirants, on Sunday, rejected the Tanko Al-Makura committee after the primary election was disrupted last Saturday by some protesters at the Oluyemi Kayode Stadium, Ado-Ekiti, venue of the exercise.

The protesters had alleged that attempts were being made by some party officials to compromise the process.

The protest, which turned violent, led to party officials, aspirants and their followers as well as journalists to run for safety as gunshots were heard in and around the stadium, a development which forced officials to end the exercise inconclusively.

Thirty-three aspirants partook in the exercise.

The party will be hopeful for a peaceful primary election this Friday, as it has till Monday to present its flag bearer for the July 14 governorship election.