Governor Abudulahi Sule of Nasarawa State says the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will be guided by the Electoral Act in the conduct of Saturday’s National Convention.
Mr Sule, who is the chairman of the APC Sub-Committee on Media and Publicity for the National Convention, said this at a news conference on Thursday in Abuja.
He said the conference was to brief the public on the steps taken so far to ensure a peaceful and rancour-free National Convention.
“You can be rest assured that whatever we are going to do is going to be in line with the Electoral Act,” he said.
He said this was because the party was working on consensus candidates for its various elective offices.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that clause 84(9) of the Electoral Act provides that a political party that adopts a consensus candidate shall secure a written consent from all cleared aspirants for the position.
This implies that they must indicate their voluntary withdrawal from the race as well as endorse the consensus candidate.
“Where a political party is unable to secure the written consent of all cleared aspirants for the purpose of a consensus candidate, it shall revert to the choice of direct or indirect primaries.
“This is for the nomination of candidates for elective positions.”
Mr Sule said the APC was a law abiding political party which believed in the rule of law.
