The Oyo State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as announcing new dates for its primary elections ahead of the forthcoming Local Government Elections in the state.
Confirmed sources have it that that Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission (OYSIEC) had fixed April next year for the Local Government Elections.
The APC on Wednesday announced a slight adjustment in the schedule of its primary for all chairmanship and councillorship aspirants.
The party in a statement issued on Wednesday says that the primaries become necessary as a result of multiple expressions of interests.
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Publicity Secretary of the party, Olawale Sadare, in a statement made available to newsmen, said that the primaries, earlier scheduled for this Thursday (today), will now be held on Friday (August 25) and Monday (August 28).
“The schedule of the party primaries will now be split into two and we have picked this Friday to conduct the exercise in all the Wards and LGAs in both Oyo Central and Oyo North Senatorial districts, while the turn of the 99 Wards and nine local government councils in Oyo South will be Monday next week.
“Reports submitted by the screening committees established that we have competent aspirants in all the 351 Wards and 33 LGAs; this indicates that APC remains the most popular party in the State,” the statement concludes.
