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The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has dismissed reports that it handed automatic ticket to any Kaduna Senator.
Senator Sani is the only APC Senator from Kaduna State, despite his conflict with Governor Nasir El-Rufai.
In a statement by its Deputy National Organizing Secretary, Sani Ibrahim, the ruling party said the rumour that automatic ticket had been given to a Senator should be disregarded.
Ibrahim stated that whoever was interested in contesting for the party ticket had to slug it out at the primaries.
He said: “As a compatriot, I feel deeply disturbed by the recent developments in our great party, especially the unfounded rumours regarding candidates for the various offices, as we approach the 2019 general elections.
“More disturbing is the story of the so-called endorsement or automatic tickets that people have been spreading on social media, especially as it relates to Kaduna central and many parts of the Northwest Senatorial District.
“For the records and in the interest of our great party’s constitution and its public image, I wish to declare that the party’s constitution is supreme and decisions at the National level is not a one-man show as some people wrongly assumed.”
The Deputy Organizing Secretary said the issue of automatic tickets, can only happen after decisions are reached collectively by the National Working Committee, in conjunction with the NEC which is vested with such powers.