Afrigather Anamero Dekeri, one of many three contenders for the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship major in Edo State, stormed the celebration’s nationwide headquarters in Abuja on Monday.
Dekeri’s go to aimed to safe his certificates of return following his declare of victory within the celebration’s major held final Saturday.
Upon arrival on the celebration secretariat round 1:30 pm, Dekeri engaged in a quick, 10-minute closed-door assembly with the APC’s Nationwide Chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje.
Though Dekeri avoided chatting with journalists after the assembly, his go to underscores the intensifying dispute over the APC governorship ticket in Edo State.
This improvement follows a sequence of protests in Benin, the state capital, the place a faction of the celebration’s supporters, comprising youths and ladies, stormed the APC secretariat.
The protestors are calling for the quick removing or dissolution of the state’s celebration executives, at present led by the performing Chairman, Jarret Tenebe, in response to the controversial outcomes of the February 17 shadow ballot.
The first election’s outcomes have been a supply of competition, with Governor Hope Uzodimma, Chairman of the Electoral Committee, naming Dennis Idahosa because the winner.
Concurrently, returning officer Stanley Ugboaja declared Monday Okpebholo victorious, and Ojo Babatunde, representing the native authorities returning officers, introduced Dekeri because the winner, resulting in a tripartite declare to the gubernatorial ticket.
A supply stated, “He got here with a letter addressed to the NWC by way of the nationwide chairman demanding they difficulty him his certificates of return having been declared winner of Saturday’s major.”
Tenebe, who was earlier seen declaring Okpebholo as their candidate in a viral video on Saturday, in a chat with Punch, known as for calm, saying solely the management of the APC can declare the precise winner.
He stated, “The celebration performed a major and anyone emerged. So, throughout the subsequent few days, you folks (journalists) will know who gained the first. It’s the Nationwide Working Committee that did the first. So, there’s a process for saying the end result.
“So, throughout the subsequent few days, every part shall be settled. That’s the solely factor I can say for now”.
Tenebe was, nevertheless, mum on the decision for his sack.
