Imo Senatorial By-Election: APC Factions Set For Parallel Primaries

Two factions of the All Progressives Congress in Imo State are set to conduct parallel primaries preparatory to the senatorial by-election election slated for October 31, 2020.
The Tide source gathered that Governor Hope Uzodinma’s faction led by Marcellus Nlemigbo had earlier adopted a consensus arrangement which was opposed by aspirants.
The faction, according to reports, has, however, commenced the sale of Nomination and Expression of Interest forms.
A factional state chairman of the party, Dan Nwafor, in a stakeholders meeting in Owerri insisted that his chairmanship remained the authentic and certified one by a court of competent jurisdiction.
He said that those purchasing forms from Nlemigbo’s faction are doing so at their own risk.
According to him, “we cannot be cowed by a group of desperate politicians who came from the back door to take away what rightfully belongs to us. I am the authentic chairman of Imo APC. Nlemigbo’s ‘caretakership’ is invalid and has since been quashed by the court.”
Nwafor’s faction adopted direct primaries for the party, describing it as the best test for aspirants
The Director General of Imo APC New Media, Cajetan Duke, who spoke with our correspondent, said that Dan Nwafor was merely hallucinating, boasting that Nlemigbo’s chairmanship is incontestable.
He said that sales of forms were on course and the party will emerge victorious in the exercise.