Preparations for the Labour Party primary elections in Imo State on Saturday, April 15, are in full swing.
WITHIN NIGERIA has learned that ten aspirants from the party in the state will compete for the governorship ticket tomorrow.
It should be noted that the state party’s screening committee had previously screened all aspirants.
It was learned, however, that even though the official list of aspirants who qualified for the primary election has yet to be determined, the aspirants’ preparations continue.
Festus Onywjwulisi, chairman of the Labour Party in Imo State, told Nigerian Tribune that the party is fully prepared for the primary election and that nothing will stop it.
The Labour Party boss insisted that the crisis witnessed during the delegates’ Congress was unprecedented in the state.
Apapa-Led Faction Of Labour Party Begins Screening Of Gov’shop Aspirants In Bayelsa, Kogi And Imo States
The screening of governorship candidates on the Labour Party (LP) platform for Bayelsa, Kogi, and Imo states has begun.
The National Working Committee (NWC), led by the acting National Chairman of the Labour Party, Lamidi Apapa, revealed that a total of 24 candidates from the three states will be screened.
At a press conference on Tuesday, Apapa expressed confidence that the exercise would go smoothly, noting that a committee would be formed to address any grievances that arose after the primaries.
He noted that;
Right now we have screened four gubernatorial aspirants, we have screened two from Bayelsa and two from Imo. So far, they have all done their best; they have convinced us and the committee has screened them as qualified to appear for the primaries that will come up on the 16th of this month.
We are expecting 13 aspirants from Imo state and we are equally expecting nine aspirants from Bayelsa, two from Kogi state – 24 all together. If anybody has an issue, he/she should bring his appeal by tomorrow and the committee is already waiting to attend to those that have an issue.