Onwuasoanya Jones, spokesman of
the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Imo state, says Ahmed Gulak, chairman of
the committee conducting the gubernatorial primary in the state, is missing.
Gulak was said to have arrived
the state very late on Monday. He also met with Rochas Okorocha, governor of
the state.
But in a statement on Tuesday,
Jones said Daniel Madueke, chairman of Imo APC, went to the hotel where Gulak
was lodged only to find out that he was not in his room.
The spokesman said other members
of the committee who are still on ground also confirmed that they do not know
the whereabouts of the election committee chairman.
“Party members are hereby alerted
that the whereabouts of the chairman of Imo APC governorship primary election
committee, Alhaji Ahmed Gulak is at this moment unknown,” the statement read.
“The chairman of the committee
and his members were lodged at the Rockview Hotel, Owerri, the Imo state
capital, on their arrival from Abuja, yesterday, while materials for the
primary election were handed over to the commissioner of police for safe
keeping.
“This morning, the state chairman
of the party, Daniel Madueke Nwafor went to the hotel to ascertain levels of
preparation and to get the committee to retrieve the materials and begin the
process of conducting the primary, only to realize that the chairman is no
longer in the room, he was lodged in.
“Most members of the committee
are still around and have made it clear that they do not know the whereabouts
of the chairman of the committee.
“The direct governorship primary
election which was supposed to hold yesterday was shifted to today as a result
of late arrival of materials and personnel for the conduct of the exercise.
Party members are hereby informed that the primary election is yet to commence
as a result of this.”
Jones asked members of the party
in the state to remain calm.
“While urge all party members to
remain calm and await further directives from the party, we reassure all
Imolites that the process of electing our party’s governoship candidate shall
be transparent, free and fair, in line with our party’s philosophy of changing
from the old order of impunity, corruption and brigandage and progressing to a
new order of discipline, transparency and prosperity for all,” he said.
“We remain committed to the
belief that the people are the most valuable kingmakers in a democracy and we
shall not condone any act that deprived the people of their right to freely
select who governs them at any level and at any point in time.”
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