The All Progressives Congress (APC) has set up a panel to probe the party’s loss in last year’s Edo gubernatorial election.
The party’s Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee disclosed this in a New Year message to Nigerians.
Recall that in the highly-anticipated guber poll, incumbent Governor, Godwin Obaseki of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) defeated the APC candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu.
Few months before the September 2019 election, Obaseki quit the APC for the PDP after it became apparent that the former would deny him a second term ticket.
“In the course of the year, since the beginning of the tenure of CECPC, we have led the party into major elections, such as governorship, National Assembly and state Assembly elections. In these elections, the party did once again prove that it is the party to reckon with in the country with significant wins across the board.
“A win in the Ondo State gubernatorial election despite the mass gang-up against the party, the senatorial seats won across Lagos, Plateau and other states as well as the good number of state Houses of Assembly won are parts of the CECPC fears for the year under review.
“It must be noted that a committee has also been set up to advise the party National Secretariat on what led to the defeat in Edo State and what actions need to be taken to prevent a recurrence in the future,” the message signed by the committee’s secretary, Senator John Akpanudoedehe read.
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