One of the aspirants claiming victory in the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election in Edo state, Hon. Anamero Sunday Dekeri on Monday, February 19, stormed the National Headquarters of the party in Abuja.
Dekeri demanded that the Abdullahi Umar Ganduje-led National Working Committee (NWC) should issue him the Certificate of Returns as the winner of the February 17 shadow election in the state.
Arriving at the Muhammadu Buhari House, the APC national secretariat on Blantyre Street, Abuja around 1:10 pm, the governorship hopeful formally submitted a letter to the NWC through the National Chairman, urging immediate issuance of the certificate to him.
On arrival at the secretariat, Dekeri, decked in a white kaftan headed straight to the office of the national chairman and presented the one-page letter.
The aspirant who spent less than 10 minutes later left the secretariat after submitting the letter.
A source close to the member of the House of Representatives for Etsako Federal Constituency said the one-page letter personally signed by him requested that the party’s highest administrative organ, the NWC should issue him with the certificate of returns, having polled the highest votes in the election.
Dekeri was returned as the winner of the Saturday APC primary by the local government returning officers for the 2024 Edo State APC governorship primary election.
Spokesman of the local government returning officers, Ojo Babatunde who announced the result on Saturday night said Dekeri polled a total number of 25,384 to defeat his closest rival Dennis Idahosa who scored 14,127 votes.