The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that its decision on the Anambra State governorship primary held recently would be guided by the report of the appeal committee set up to hear the grievances of the aspirants.
The National Secretary of the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee of the party, Sen. John Akpanudoedehe stated this on Monday in Abuja after receiving the report of the Anambra Appeal committee chaired by the Governor of Gombe state, Inuwa Yahaya.
He said, “I stand on behalf of the party chairman to thank you immensely for the rapid and expediency and the urgency that you have given to this assignment. Thank you very much. We are a progressive party and the progressive parties are very straightforward and we’re honest in our dealings.
“I want to assure you that the Caretaker Committee Chairman and the Caretaker will look critically with objectivity to this report. Even though I don’t know what is contained in this (report), at the end of the day, the party supremacy and the party direction will be guided by what you have done.”
Yahaya told journalists that as promised, the committee did justice to the assignment.
He said the committee heard the complaints of the aggrieved aspirants, went through the petitions and wrote the report based on the materials that they got and made recommendations to the party.
The governor said, “Virtually all the aggrieved aspirants attend the meeting. We summoned all of them. It was not only the contestants. Even senior stakeholders from the South-east, particularly from Anambra state.”
