A mega-crisis is rocking the Kogi State All Progressives Congress governorship screening committee as all major aspirants for the November 2019 have been disqualified from contesting the primary and they are accusing the Sen. Hope Uzodinma led committee of favouritism and playing out the script of the incumbent governor, Yahaya Bello.
Those who were disqualified were a former Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Usman Oyibe Jibrin, Prof. Mohammed Seidu Onailo, Prince Mustapha Mona Audu, Hadiza Iyoma Ibrahim, Yahaya Odidi Audu, Sani Lulu Abdullahi, Gen. Patrick Ademu Akpa (retd), Engr. Danlami Umar Mohammed, Yakubu Mohammed, Babatunde Ayokunle Irukera, Rukkaya Ibrahim and Mohammed Abubakar Unekwu Audu.
12 of the aspirants were disqualified based on sundry issues including not having Permanent Voter Cards PVCs, not being a financial member of the party, not being a member of the party for at least one year, age discrepancies, invalid nomination and not being a registered member of the APC at the ward level.
Earlier in the day, some supporters of the Director-General/Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission FCCPC, Barr. Babatunde Irukera had taken to the social media to protest the disqualification of their principal, accusing the Sen. Hope Uzodinma APC Screening Committee of clearing three lackeys of Gov. Yahaya Bello to square up with him during the primaries on August 29.
At the national secretariat of the party, Prince Mustapha Mona Audu, one of the sons of late Prince Abubakar Audu, a former Governor of the state caused a mild scene when he took his verbal protest to party officials.
