The Anambra Governorship Primary Election Appeal Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has submitted its report to the leadership of the party.
Chairman of the Commitee Gov. Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe , presented the report at a ceremony on Monday in Abuja.
He said the committee received a total of five petitions from five aspirants, saying that they were diligently attended to in line with the party’s guidelines and constitution.
Yahaya added that in spite of the limited time, the committee was able to deal with issues presented by the aspirants and principal stakeholders in the state chapter of Anambra APC.
“We thrashed the issues and advised the party accordingly.
“The summary of all our undertakings is what we have here as our report, plus some of the documents that we are able to get from members, in terms of either petitions or recommendations or advice,” he said.
He said the report would guide the party towards winning the Nov.6 governorship election.
“As I promised, we did justice to the assignment. We heard their complaints, we went through the petitions and we have written our report based on the materials we got that could help us to prepare our recommendations.
“Virtually, all the aggrieved aspirants attended the meeting, we summoned all of them and even senior stakeholders from the South-East, particularly from Anambra,” he said.
Receiving the report, Sen. James Akpanudoedehe, National Secretary, APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) assured that the report would be” looked critically with objectively ‘ by the party’s leadership.
He commended the committee for delivering on its mandate within a record time saying;
“Even though, I don’t know what is contained in it, at the end of the day, the party supremacy and the party direction will be guided by what you have done”
Fourteen aspirants took part in the June 26 primary election.
They included Andy Uba, Nwokafor Daniel, George Moghalu, Paul Orajiaka, Edozie Madu and Chidozie Nwankwo, Maxwell Okoye, Geoffrey Onyejegbu, Azuka Okwuosa, Onwa Mokelu, Igwebuike Hygers, Godwin Okonkwo, Beneth Etiaba and Onunkwo Obinna.
Sen. Andy Uba was declared winner of the election conducted by the Gov. Dapo Abiodun-led committee.
