Nigeria, June 1 -- The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has insisted the party would go ahead with the direct primary mode in picking its flagbearer for the 2020 Edo State Governorship election.

The Oshiomhole-led National Working Committee, on Monday, announced its adoption of a direct primary method for the party's June 22 primary election in Edo, a decision described as unconstitutional by Anselm Ojezua, the factional chairman of the APC in the state.

Contrary to his (factional chairman) stance, the governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, later registered his indifference to the NWC's choice of primaries as he boasted that he would emerge as the party's governorship flagbearer.

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