2019: COMMISSION INSISTS ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS WON’T BE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN ZAMFARA

He added further that the commission  would give a full report on that after November 18, and it is also recalled that, the commission had informed the ruling All Progressives Congress(APC) in a leaked memo that it would not be allowed to field candidates for elective positions in Zamfara in the 2019 elections.

Penpushing further reports that in a letter to the party,the commission’s Acting Secretary, Okechukwe Ndeche,  said the party was barred from fielding candidates for Governorship, National Assembly and State Assembly elections.

The commission emphasized that the party  failed to comply with Sections 87 and 31 of the Electoral Act of 2010, hence, it has no constitutional right to participate, arguing that parties according to the act, were expected to comply with the timetable and schedule of the electoral body, which says that the conduct of primaries must be held between August 18 and October 7.

Penpushing also reports that, the commission said it received reports from its Zamfara office, indicating that no primaries were conducted in the State “notwithstanding that our officials were fully mobilised and deployed.”