By Abidemi Adetunji

The All Progressives Congress governorship aspirant in Edo State, Honourable Anamero Dekeri, has described the APC Pruning Committee’s report as lacking in merit.

The APC had set up a committee as an internal mechanism to screen and prune down the number of aspirants to a manageable level to ensure a rancor-free primary election.

Consequently, the committee pruned the number of aspirants from 29 to 10, and subsequently to six, with two aspirants from each of the three senatorial districts. It further pruned the list to four with two each from Edo Central and Edo South senatorial districts, screening out those from Edo North senatorial district.

Reacting, Dekeri, a member representing the Etsako federal constituency in the House of Representatives, in Abuja urged the APC leadership to uphold the essence of democracy and give every qualified aspirant an equal opportunity.