The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State says it will adopt consensus, direct and indirect primaries to choose its chairmanship and councillorship candidates for the forthcoming local elections in the state.
The publicity secretary, State Caretaker Committee of the party, Tunde Oladunjoye, made this known in a chat with newsmen, shortly after the party’s stakeholders’ meeting held at weekend at the Presidential Lodge, Abeokuta.
The party’s spokesperson explained that the party, having agreed on consensus names with party leaders for positions in some local governments would then activate either the direct or indirect primaries for other local governments that couldn’t arrive at an agreement for a consensus candidate.
Oladunjoye, while saying the stakeholders meeting was to ensure that none of the contestants in the LG elections spend money unnecessarily, also said the party has been able to come up with solutions to multiple candidates in some local governments.
He added that the ruling party would ensure that the local government election was free and fair, noting that the party’s primaries wouldn’t be held in secret like it was done in the past.
