APC Primaries: Adamu Alleges Plot To Manipulate Ward Executives

A former Inspector General of Police and a gubernatorial aspirant on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC), Mohammed Adamu Abubakar, has accused his party leadership in the state of plotting to subvert the forthcoming primaries through the ward executives.

Speaking through the chairman, Counter and Moblisation of his campaign team, Mr. Isah Nathaniel on Monday in Lafia, he specifically accused the party leadership of alleged “coordinated scheme to pressure Ward Executives across the 147 wards of the state into endorsing a governor-preferred aspirant” ahead of the 2027 elections.

“Let it be clear: this is not party organization; this is political manipulation in its crudest form. What is being disguised as coordination is, in truth, a brazen attempt to hijack the will of party members and impose a predetermined outcome,” he declared.

The allegation came few hours after the state chairman of the party, Dr. Aliyu Bello, promised that the leadership will provide a level playing field for all the aspirants during the primaries.

The IGP warned that the move to use the ward executives for a clandestine motive could throw the party into chaos and undermine its fortune ahead of the 2027 elections, especially that the stakeholders have agreed to adopt direct primaries for all elective positions.

He, therefore, called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to take immediate notice of the development and act decisively to protect the integrity of the party in the state.

He also called for urgent intervention from the party’s National Working Committee to halt this “unfolding illegality and restore constitutional order.”

“We also put the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and security agencies on alert: any attempt to impose outcomes through coercion is a direct threat to public peace and must not be ignored,” he noted.
However, the party said it would ensure free and fair process during the primaries.

Its chairman, Dr. Bello said it is not working to undermine anyone, even as he said Governor Sule has right to endorse an aspirant of his choice.

Bello explained that the governor’s choice of aspirant cannot stop others from vying for the position.