Ahead of the November Ondo governorship election and to forestall any untoward consequence, the legal directorate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is to subject all credentials and documents submitted by all the aspirants to a thorough vetting before clearing any of them for the April 20 shadow election.
The National Legal Adviser of the party, Prof. Abdulkarim Abubakar Kana requested the credentials of all aspirants in a letter titled: Ondo State Gubernatorial Primaries 2024: Notice of Submission of Credentials/Documents for Vetting to the Legal Department of the All Progressives Congress by all Aspirants“.
According to the notice, the demand for the credentials of all aspirants in line with item 5 of the Amended Schedule of Activities for the Ondo State Gubernatorial Primaries 2024 was in under paragraph 12 of the guidelines for the nomination of candidates for the November election in the state.
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Kana directed all aspirants to submit to the Legal Department the certificates intended for attachment with the Nomination Form before April 4, 2024.
He further said the vetting process, which entails the sighting of physical documents, takes place from the April 5-10, 2024.
The Legal Adviser also said the call for early submission of credentials “is to enable the Vetting Committee to adequately conduct due diligence on all submitted documents before the date of sighting for a thorough report to the Screening Committee.”