Gov Poll: Tension in Taraba as APC Faction Conducts Primaries for only One Aspirant

*Others boycott exercise

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By Peter Claver

 

Few days after the Supreme Court sacked the Taraba State All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship Candidate, Senator Emmanuel Bwacha, the party is currently holding another primaries, a situation described by observers as defiance of the judgement of the apex court.

 

Other aspirants rejected the exercise and have boycotted it, heightening tension in Jalingo, the State capital and other areas.

 

The Supreme Court had, in a unanimous decision, voided the APC primaries that produced Senator Bwacha, but said a new primaries was not necessary again as it is “otiose”‘

 

At the time of this report, the Taraba State APC led by Ibrahim El Sudi who was recently expelled from the position as chairman of the party, was conducting a fresh primaries at the Shield Hotels, Jalingo..

 

A former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai is chairman of the committee.

 

 

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