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NWC Cancels Primaries, Orders Reruns Of Kosofe Fed. Constituency Poll

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The primary election conducted to elect the PDP candidate for the Kosofe Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives has been cancelled by the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party with a rerun ordered for the poll.
A statement issued by the National
 
Publicity Secretary of the party, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, on Friday disclosed that a rerun has been scheduled for Monday, June 6, 2022 across 24 Federal Constituencies in Lagos, including Kosofe Federal Constituency.

The statement didn’t give reasons for the cancellation but referred to a decision of the Appeal Committee of the party which sat over a petition concerning the election which earlier declared Hon. Florence Adepegba as the winner.

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The statement dated Friday, June 3, 2022, stated as follows: “After very careful deliberations on the reports of the Electoral and Appeal Panels on the Congresses of our Party in Lagos, Imo, Benue, and Katsina States, the National Working Committee (NWC) has approved repeat primaries in the following Federal and State Constituencies for the purpose of nominating our candidates for the 2023 general elections as follows:

Sunday, June 5, 2022

  1. Ahiazu State Constituency of Imo State
  2. Orsu State Constituency of Imo State
  3. Musawa State Constituency of Katsina State
  4. Dandume State Constituency of Katsina State
  5. Zango State Constituency of Katsina State
  6. Oru East/Orsu/Orlu Federal Constituency of Imo State
  7. Kwande/Ushongo Federal Constituency of Benue State

Monday, June 6, 2022

  1. Lagos State House of Representatives Primaries
    (24 Federal Constituencies)

Furthermore, Kaduna Central Senatorial District of Kaduna State, Enugu West Senatorial Districts of Enugu State as well as Boki/Ikom Federal Constituency and Yakuur II State Constituency, both of Cross River State earlier scheduled for Saturday June 4, 2022 have been cancelled.

“The following, concerning Delegates, Aspirants, Agents, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Security Agencies, and the Media should please take note”, the statement added.

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