Anambra gov: APC settles for indirect primary to select candidate

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has settled for an indirect mode of election to select its governorship candidate for the November 8 governorship election in Anambra State.

Seven aspirants had obtained nomination and expression of interest forms to contest the party’s government primary slated for April, 2025.

Addressing newsmen Thursday at the party’s national secretariat after the National Working Committee meeting, APC’s National Secretary, Senator Ajibola Basiru, debunked insinuation in some quarters that the party was adopting a direct primary mode.

He said: “Our meeting” considered the processes in the ongoing Anambra governorship election which is scheduled to be held by November 8, 2025. The national working committee of the party took cognizance of the fact that advertisement had been made and it seems the advertisement was seemingly projecting that the NWC had adopted direct mode of primary but in actual fact no positive resolution of the NWC had been taken before today as to the mode of primary.

“At the NWC today it was put into consideration now formally decided that the mode of emergence of the candidate for that election will be through indirect primary.

“In order to carry along all stakeholders, a stakeholders meeting with the state working committee, state caucus and the aspirants will hold at the national headquarters of the party by 1pm on Tuesday next week to carry them along. And correspondence to this effect will be made to the Independent National Electoral Commission. Of course there will be supplementary advertisement and public sensitisation as to the mode of primary and the new timetable adjusted in line with that decision.”