SAN FRANCISCO, August 15, (THEWILL) – The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has adopted directed primaries for all elections for the 2019 general elections, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the influential leader of the party announced at the party’s stakeholders meeting in Lagos, Tuesday.
Adams Oshiomhole, National Chairman of the party had recently announced that the party would adopt direct primaries going forward.
Tinubu said the party would immediately commence the process of registering new members, while the old members who had registered before now as well as the new members would all be issued membership cards.
“We appeal to all members to update the membership registration and embrace the direct primary that has just been introduced and adopted by our party. We are committed to our party; we are committed to the values of the party; we see direct primary as President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption and internal democracy revolution.
“We are going to embrace that in which the party is going back to the owners of the party and that is you the people. It is not we the few; it is we the people. We have embraced democracy and you have your decisions to be made but you have to be members of our party in the first place,” Tinubu said.
He also dismissed the insinuation that the party was divided in the State, saying there was nothing of such, and that the party was intact.
“We reiterate the fact that APC in Lagos State is intact. There is no division. I’ve heard some people conspiring to present a situation of division in the party in Lagos but let me assure you that it is just the coming together of adversaries which will have no effect on the party,” Tinubu said.
The meeting was attended by all major leaders of the party in the state including Governor Akinwunmi Ambode.
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