The APC Patriots in Anambra have asked the party in the state to be transparent and adopt an open ballot system like Option A4 and direct primaries in the coming primaries in the state.
The spokesman for the group, Victor Afam Ogene in a release said given the current caretaker status of the party’s executive from the wards, local government, state, zonal and national levels, disputations have arisen over the legality and propriety of both the direct and indirect forms of primaries.
The group, which steering committee consists of the party’s deputy governorship candidate in the 2017 governorship election in Anambra state, Dozie Ikedife, as Coordinator, and parades three former House of Representatives members, Honourables Emeke Nwogbo, Chizor Obidigwe, and Afam Ogene; former National Assembly aspirants in 2019, Mike Mbanefo, Ike Chidolue, and Chidi Ogbaji; the party’s zonal youth leader, Olisaemeka Onyeka, and Barrister Chuks Chinwuba, a renowned political activist, had been in the forefront of ensuring victory for the APC in the November 6, 2021, Anambra governorship election.
“To further bestow a stamp of acceptability on the process, the Party could adopt the Option A4 voting method, which would entail party members queuing openly to vote for an Aspirant of their choice.
“For Anambra state, therefore, that would mean 21 voting points, across the 21 LGAs of the state.
“Besides the orderly conduct of the primaries, which recourse to this suggestion would engender, it would also help eliminate any charge of a compromised outcome. For instance, it is easier for Aspirants and their agents to monitor the process in the 21 LGAs, than they ordinarily would across the 326 electoral wards in the state.
“Additionally, by decentralizing the voting process, our Party would be adhering with the Covid-19 protocols, as against having the entire party faithful across the state gather at a particular venue,” the statement read.
