…submits petition to APC appeal Cttee
… insists primary election don’t take place in hotel
Senator Professor Oserheimen Osunbor, one of the top contenders in the Edo State guber race in 2024 has said what took place last Saturday can never be considered a primary election as all the relevant Electoral laws were thrown overboard.
Osunbor made this revelation after submitting his petition against the guber primary that has been described as abracadabra election.
Hear him:
“You know governorship election is a national matter, it is a matter for the NWC, it is not a state election. And so everything concerning this process has to emanate from here, it has to be done from here the National Secretariat of the APC.
On why he said there was no primary election in the state, Osunbor said: “That was the true position and I am sure you have your correspondents in Edo state and you know that there was no election in Edo state, you know that is the truth, there was no primary election conducted anywhere in Edo state.
“And there is a video which has gone viral of me addressing people in my ward, at the designated point in my ward, we were there up to about 3 o clock and soon after I left the place and I went home, I saw somebody declaring results in my local government.
“And there was nobody that came to my local government and yet I was seeing on television somebody said to be a returning officer declaring results of a primary election that never took place at all.
“Well, that really tells you the truth that no primary election took place in Edo state. Primary elections don’t take place in a hotel.
Primary elections take place at the designated points in each of the 192 wards of Edo state.
“I have seen the statement credited to the Resident Electoral Commissioner that the primary he witnessed was the one that took place in a hotel in Benin. Is that how they conduct direct primary elections, you answer it.
“So that is a self admission by the REC that direct primaries were not conducted in accordance with the law, the guidelines, the APC constitution, the Electoral Act.
“What you saw was not conducted in accordance with the provisions of those relevant laws and statutes because as confirmed by the REC, that the only primary election he witnessed was the one that took place in a hotel in Benin City, that is self indictment of the entire process.
“APC is a party, ruling party in Nigeria, as a party that is ready to take over the governance of Edo state. Talk to those you can talk to, let them do the proper thing.