APC National Chairman, Professor Nentawe Yilwatda
All the eight aspirants vying for the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket for the House of Representatives in the Baruten–Kaiama Federal Constituency of Kwara state are said in the race for today’s election.
This followed the failure of Kaiama APC stakeholders, elders, and concerned political leaders to agree on a consensus candidate for the House of Representatives ticket.
As learnt by our correspondent, despite extensive consultations and efforts made in the interest of unity and political harmony, the conditions necessary to sustain the consensus arrangement could not be maintained following disagreements among the six initial aspirants that planned to do a consensus.
According to our sources, the disagreement emerged after one of the six candidates discussing the consensus finally decided he would not participate in the arrangement and would go ahead and run.
“Consequently, all eight aspirants are now fully in the race and are freely pursuing their ambitions through the democratic process provided by the party ahead of the APC primary election,” one of the sources said.
However, given the reports that four aspirants may have been disqualified by the APC National Headquarters, it appears that only the other four candidates may end up contesting in the primary election. They are: Hon. Aliyu Umar Mande, Comrade Abubakar Musa Shamaki, Arc Aliyu Muhammad Saiffudeen and Malam Anas Adamu Galadima (Zam-Zam).
The source further said that party members across Kaiama and Baruten Local Governments have been encouraged by the Kaiama LGA Chapter of the APC to remain calm, law-abiding, and focused on strengthening the party ahead of the forthcoming primary and general elections.
