Only Uzodinma can announce Edo Gov’s primary result – APC

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged party members and the public to disregard unofficial results for the ongoing Edo governorship primary election.

The party maintained that only the Governor Hope Uzodinma-led Primary Election Committee officially holds the authority to undertake final collation and announce the final results

National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, in a statement on Saturday, dissociated the party from a live broadcast on national television and online platforms announcing results.

The statement reads: “The attention of the National Working Committee of our great Party has been drawn to a live broadcast on major national television stations and online news outlets of results of the ongoing Edo State APC Governorship Primary Election by some unauthorized persons

“We wish to state categorically that only the Governor Hope Uzodinma-Led Edo State APC Governorship Primary Election Committee is duly authorised to undertake the final collation and announcement of results of the Primary Election in the State.

“We urge all party members, officials in the State, and the general public to disregard the said announcement of results by these unauthorized persons.”

The nine aspirants are contesting for the party’s ticket at a shadow election ahead of the September Gubernatorial Election.