National chairman of the PDP, Prince Uche Secondus addressing delegates (file photograph)
The PDP on Wednesday referred to as on the Independent National Electoral Commission to not recognise Adams Oshiomhole because the National Chairman of the ruling APC.
The former Edo state governor was sworn in because the chief of the party on Sunday after rising National Chairman unopposed on Saturday.
But spokesman of the primary opposition party, PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, stated Oshiomhole’s emergence by affirmation was in violation of democratic necessities of direct voting by delegates.
He made this recognized whereas receiving party leaders from Kabba/Bunu space of Kogi on the party’s nationwide secretariat in Abuja.
“They used a prepared list from where they announced the list of their national officers through voice vote to affirm the illegality at the Eagle Square,” he stated.
“When the PDP did related factor, INEC declared the conference null and void. So, we're calling on the commission to do the identical for APC, in keeping with the provisions of the Electoral Act, as amended.
“Oshiomhole and some officers of the party were not elected. Nobody voted for them. There is no provision of voice vote in the Electoral Act. The Act is superior to party’s constitution.”