The Legal Advisor of the party in the state, Mr Kessinger Ikeokwu in a statement on Sunday attributed the non-conduct of the primaries to confusion caused by the National Assembly.
Truetells Nigeria understands that Imo would not vote along with other states who were now voting with their three-man and one-man national delegates.
He said: “Please note that the reason for the suspension of the PDP house of assembly and house of representatives primaries in Imo was a result of the confusion that arose from the error of the national assembly in the country.
PDP Suspends Primaries Indefinitely
The Legal Advisor of the party in the state, Mr Kessinger Ikeokwu in a statement on Sunday attributed the non-conduct of the primaries to confusion caused by the National Assembly.
Truetells Nigeria understands that Imo would not vote along with other states who were now voting with their three-man and one-man national delegates.
He said: “Please note that the reason for the suspension of the PDP house of assembly and house of representatives primaries in Imo was a result of the confusion that arose from the error of the national assembly in the country.
“This is hinged on Section 84 (8) of the Electoral Act which inadvertently led to the exclusion of over 80 percent of delegates ordinarily meant to vote at the primaries.
“The Imo PDP case became compounded because it hadn’t tidied up its three-man ad hoc delegates, who ought to vote at the primaries due to pending litigations.
“Every preparation was made for us to use our statutory delegates to vote, before the national assembly saw the error in Section 84 of the Amended Electoral Act, 2022, which excluded the statutory delegates.
“What it means is that it created a situation of chaos for Imo because we have not concluded our elected delegates,” he explained.
He urged party faithful to ignore fifth columnists writing about crisis within the party.
According to him, there is no crisis, as the leadership of the party at all levels are working together to make sure our ad hoc delegates are cleared to vote at our primaries on a later date to be announced.
He assured them that as soon as President Muhammadu Buhari signed the amended Electoral Act, 2022, the state delegate list would be properly constituted to vote at the primaries.
PDP Suspends Primaries Indefinitely
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