Primary: Zamfara APC aspirant accuses national chair of bias.
In a petition addressed to the National Executive […] The internal crisis rocking the Zamfara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has taken a new turn as Hassan Umar Dangaladima, an aspirant for the Kaura Namoda/Birnin Magaji Federal Constituency has petitioned the party’s leadership over alleged bias by the National Chairman Professor Nentawe Yilwatda.
The national chairman has, however, rejected the allegations, saying all the allegations raised by the petitioner were not true Dangaladima alleged that Yilwatda bypassed the NWC and key stakeholders to personally constitute the election committee responsible for conducting the rescheduled primary.
“The nomination was made unilaterally by the National Chairman: no meeting of the National Working Committee was convened for that purpose; no quorum of the NWC deliberated upon or resolved on the composition of the committee,” the petition reads.
Dangaladima warned that allowing the primary to proceed under the current committee would expose the APC to fresh legal challenges and potential disqualification from the elections. The petition was copied to key stakeholders, including the APC Deputy National Chairman (North), the National Legal Adviser, the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), and the Chairman of INEC. Yilwatda has rejected reports claiming that he took unilateral decisions regarding the party’s administration and the constitution of primary election committees, describing the allegations as unfounded. In a statement by Abimbola Toki, the SA Media to the chairman, Yilwatda emphasized that the National Working Committee (NWC) continues to operate strictly as a collective decision-making body where matters are deliberated and decided in the overall interest of the organization.
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