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Nigeria - According to reports Sen. Bukola Saraki and his supporters boycotted the APC senate presidency primaries because they're not in accord with the method of voting to be used.
Saraki’s supporters under the aegis of Like Mind Senators boycotted the primaries citing irreconcilable differences with the NWC over the method of voting.
PUNCH says the supporters declined all entrities to attend a meeting organised by the National Working Committee of the party to select a consensus candidate.
Saraki, who later spoke to journalists, said, “As result of the inability of the APC leadership to guarantee the Senators of Like Minds the rights of secret ballot system, we are not participating at the election and this we made clear to the national chairman of our party.
“Whatever they do in the name of consensus, for the senate presidency election, we are not part of it.
“Members of my group are still meeting to come out with further action. But for now, we are not part of the consensus arrangement.”
The primaries went ahead however, with Saraki's opponent, Ahmad Lawan, winning with 32 votes out of a possible 33.
Read more: Senate Presidency: Saraki Loses Out As APC Picks Lawan
Saraki’s supporters under the aegis of Like Mind Senators boycotted the primaries citing irreconcilable differences with the NWC over the method of voting.
PUNCH says the supporters declined all entrities to attend a meeting organised by the National Working Committee of the party to select a consensus candidate.
Saraki, who later spoke to journalists, said, “As result of the inability of the APC leadership to guarantee the Senators of Like Minds the rights of secret ballot system, we are not participating at the election and this we made clear to the national chairman of our party.
“Whatever they do in the name of consensus, for the senate presidency election, we are not part of it.
“Members of my group are still meeting to come out with further action. But for now, we are not part of the consensus arrangement.”
The primaries went ahead however, with Saraki's opponent, Ahmad Lawan, winning with 32 votes out of a possible 33.
Read more: Senate Presidency: Saraki Loses Out As APC Picks Lawan
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