The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has declared that the Saturday governorship election held in Edo State is inconclusive.
The party has however, fixed Thursday 22nd February 2024 for the completion of the exercise.
Three of the 12 governorship aspirants were laying claim to victory at the end of the said controversial primary election, even as two of them had petitioned the appeal panel to present the the certificate of return.
Addressing newsmen shortly after an emergency meeting of the APC National Working Committee (NWC), the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, said the NWC at it its emergency meeting held Tuesday evening took the decision.
He said: At its emergency meeting held today, Tuesday, February 20, 2024, to consider the report on the Edo State Governorship Primary Election, the National Working Committee (NWC) deliberated on the report and resolved that the Edo State Governorship Primary Election has not been completed, and has now fixed Thursday February 22, 2024 for the completion of the Primary Election Process.”
