The Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has rescinded its earlier stance to boycott the forthcoming local government elections in the state and is now resolved to participate in the elections.
The Edo APC had early in the week, through its State Publicity Secretary, Peter Uwadia-Igbinigie, faulted the laws setting up the Edo State Independent Electoral Commission, EDSIEC, and vowed to challenge the law and also boycott the elections for which the law was made.
But in a turn of event, the party, at a press conference held at the end of a meeting at the State Secretariat of the party in Benin City, and addressed by the State Publicity Secretary of the party, Uwadia-Igbinigie, announced that APC was fully prepared and would participate in the elections.
Uwadia-Igbinigie said the decision of the state chapter of the party was in line with the directives of the National leadership, which approved the party’s participation in the elections despite its misgivings.
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“The Edo State APC emerged from an emergency meeting. Prior to now, we had said we will not participate in the elections. But the National leadership of our party has decided that we should participate despite our misgivings such as budgetary provisions for the exercise among other issues.
“We are already prepared and ready to go into the elections headlong. We had said before that anytime the PDP government in the state is ready to conduct a free fair and credible elections into the Local governments, we are ready to present our best. This is still our position.
“We are using this opportunity to call on all our members across the state from the wards to the local governments, to brace up and liaise with their respective Executive committees on how they will present themselves as candidates for councilorship or council chairman,” the party directed.
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