BREAKING: APC Stakeholders Raise Alarm Over Missing Abia Central Primary

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Stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the Abia Central Senatorial District, have denounced the Senatorial primary in the zone, saying they will not accept the reported farcical display of brigandage as the will of the people.

In a letter of protest to the national leadership of the APC, titled “Irregularities, Brigandage, and Breach of Electoral Process in Abia Central Senatorial Primary, the stakeholders said it was painful that a few individuals hijacked the process and denied party faithful the opportunity to nominate their representatives.

The protesters, led by Uche Onyejekwe and Mrs Ego Nwamuo, recalled that when the direct primary option was chosen for the nomination of candidates for the Abia Central Senatorial Zone of Abia State, they heaved a sigh of relief as party faithful, believing that at last they had an opportunity to have a say in how their flag bearers would emerge for the 2027 general election.

However, the stakeholders expressed regret, saying, “We regret to inform you that the party lost a golden opportunity to advertise its commitment to internal democracy and citizen inclusivity. At the end of what would have been a day for celebration of plurality, it became obvious that some desperate and overzealous politicians who insist on the old ways of impunity and gangster strategies hijacked the process and allocated votes, even in wards where no actual balloting took place.

“In the light of the foregoing, we humbly appeal to your good offices to investigate the breach of process and illegal exclusion of party faithful in the Abia Central Senatorial Primary Election of May 18, 2026.

“We are confident that a diligent investigation of this claim will warrant the review of the outcome of the primary and a repeat of the process in areas with no evidence of public participation,” the aggrieved protesters stated.

The protesters further disclosed that no member of the Seven-man APC National Assembly Primary Election Committee, INEC officials, and security personnel arrived in most wards, and in some local governments, stressing that APC members were surprised to hear that results were later announced with various fictitious figures allocated to candidates as if a transparent exercise had taken place.

They added, “We are convinced and make bold to say that there was a predetermined outcome from the beginning, given that figures were allegedly written and allocated behind closed doors. The confusion deepened when Hon. Emeka Atumah was eventually announced as the winner of the primary with outrageous and bewildering figures.

“It was surprising that such figures could be allocated when it was quite evident that there was no semblance of an election in most wards. We demand video evidence from anybody who would claim otherwise. Because, from Oloko Ward 2, Usaka Ward, Osisioma Wards 2, 3, 8, and 9, and Okporo Ahaba Ward 1, and most other wards, there is an abundance of evidence to show that party members who gathered very early, waited throughout the day, without any accreditation, officials or voting.