BY NATIONAL PANEL REPORTERS
There is confusion surrounding the APC family in Ebonyi as the party holds parallel gubernatorial primaries in the State on Thursday.
Our correspondent monitoring the exercise, reports that a faction of the APC who held its primary in Abakaliki town, produced the immediate past Chairman of Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission, Engr Elias Mbam as a winner.
According to the Returning Officer, Egwu Inya Akanu-Oti, Engr Elias Mbam scored 741 votes to beat his closest rival, the Speaker of the Ebonyi State House of Assembly, Chief Francis Nwufuru who polled 7 votes.
The Returning Officer assess that other competitors in the primary including Julius Ali Ucha scored 4 votes, Edward Nkweagu scored 2 votes, Opoke Rosemary scored 1 vote, while 22 votes were declared invalid.
However, another faction of the Ebonyi State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress very loyal to Governor Dave Umahi has equally begun its governorship primary ahead of the 2023 general elections.
The party’s governorship primaries, held on Thursday at the Pa Ngele Oruta Township Stadium Abakaliki, were said to have five delegates in each of the 171 wards of the state in attendance.
An investigation by our correspondent revealed that the party’s governorship primaries are chaired by Prof. Adebayo Emmanuel, and the delegates would elect the APC governorship candidate for the 2023 general elections.
It was also gathered that among the governorship aspirants are Speaker of the Ebonyi State House of Assembly, Hon Francis Nwifuru; a former Chairman of Revenue Mobilisation and Fiscal Commission, Engr Elias Mbam, a former federal lawmaker - Sen. Julius Ali Ucha; Arc. Edward Nkwegu; and Mrs Rosemary Ofoke.
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