Group lauds Borno APC guber primary

The Coalition of Civil Societies and Media Executives for Good Governance in Nigeria has applauded the All Progressives Congress for the orderly conduct of the Borno State governorship primary election.

The coalition’s president, Omooba Aigbegbele, in a statement yesterday, said a nationwide assessments of governorship primary elections of various political parties indicated that “APC’s governorship primary in Borno State was the most organized and credible as its standard compares with presidential primary elections in Abuja.

He said the Borno APC governorship primary was particularly significant because of the interest generated by the exercise that paraded 21 aspirants, which, he said, made his group to monitor the processes from accreditation of delegates to the declaration of a winner.

“The APC governorship primary election in Borno State was one of the most highly organized and credible going by a nationwide assessments of governorship primary elections by various political parties in Nigeria.

“Borno State recorded as many as 21 APC governorship aspirants, and because of that we expected a chaotic situation. That is why we came here in Maiduguri to monitor the process,” the release said.

Aigbegbele, who is also the Executive Secretary, Citizens Watch Nigeria, said his group was impressed with the exercise which produced Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, a former Commissioner of Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Resettlement, as winner.