No fewer than 1,930 delegates elected from the 193 Wards in Kwara state would participate in the governorship and House of Assembly primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to be held in the state on Thursday, 26th May, 2022.
Chairman of the APC in the state, Prince Sunday Fagbemi who disclosed this to Journalists in Ilorin on Wednesday said that while 965 delegates elected as state delegates during the congress of the party, another 965 delegates elected from various wards as local government delegates would elect the 24 members of the state House of Assembly in their various constituencies.
Fagbemi said that while Governor AbdulRahman AbdulTazaq is the sole candidate in the governorship primary election, about 105 aspirants would be voted for in the House of Assembly primary elections in the state.
He said: “Few of the incumbents, including the State Governor were returned unopposed. However this does not exempt them from electoral process which required them to be affirmed.”
He said that while the governorship primary would hold at the Banquet Hall opposite Kwara state Government house, election for State House of Assembly members would hold at specific centers in various 24 constituencies across the state adding that “all delegates are advised to set the specified centers for accreditation as early as 9:00 a.m. on Thursday.
“For peaceful conduct of the exercise, all party members participating in the exercise must comply with all laid down procedures warning non – Delegates to keep off venues of the election.
“Delegates must conduct themselves in a decent and orderly manner devoid of any rancor or indecent rowdiness.
“The party will not tolerate any form of indiscipline from candidates of their followers. Therefore the use of thugs or “good boys” is prohibited and warned that aspirants shall be held responsible for any breach of peace and misconduct at the venue of the exercise.”
The party chairman who promised fairness in the conduct of the election however advised any aggrieved member to exhaust all windows of all opportunities available to them to make redress if they experienced any shortfall in the conduct of the election.