By Ovie Okpare
The primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for State Houses of Assembly and House of Representatives will hold tomorrow (Sunday), NIGER DELTA TODAY can authoritatively report.
Sources within the leadership of the PDP told our correspondent that the party decided to go ahead with the primaries after feelers from the Presidency indicated that President Muhammadu Buhari will not be signing the newly amended Electoral Act.
With the development, only three elected ad hoc delegates per ward and one elected national delegate per local government will vote at the primaries beginning tomorrow.
Both leading political parties – Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) – have been waiting for President Buhari to the re-amended Section 84(8) of the Electoral Act 2022 by the National Assembly.
Section 84(8) of the Electoral Act 2022 states that delegates to vote at indirect primaries and National Convention of political parties to elect candidates for elections shall be those democratically elected for that purpose only.
Our sources added that primary for States Houses of Assembly will hold exactly 8am on Sunday while primary those of House of Representatives take place about 12noon same day.
