All Progressives Congress says only the committee led by the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, can announce the results of the Edo governorship primary election.
APC National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka,
said in a statement on Saturday that the public should disregard any results announced by “unauthorised persons”.
The party spoke a few hours after some suspected political thugs allegedly disrupted the collation of results of the primary election.
Morka said, “The attention of the National Working Committee of our great party has been drawn to a live broadcast on major national television stations and online news outlets of results of the ongoing Edo State APC governorship primary election by some unauthorized persons.
“We wish to state categorically that only the Governor Hope Uzodinma-Led Edo State APC Governorship Primary Election Committee is duly authorized to undertake final collation and announcement of results of the Primary Election in the State.
“We urge all party members, officials in the State, and the general public to disregard the said announcement of results by these unauthorized persons.”
The winner of the APC primary election will become the party’s flag bearer in the governorship election scheduled for September 2024.