The All Progressives Congress has instituted a probe into President Muhammadu Buhari’ s loss in the February 23 presidential election in Anambra State .
The party had set up a committee to investigate the reason for the poor performance of Buhari in the poll in the state .
The Acting State chairman of the party, Basil Ejidike, who inaugurated the 13 -man probe committee at the party’ s secretariat in Awka, said the panel would investigate the role of every stakeholder in the state in the election and recommend sanctions as appropriate .
He said, “ We are sure of our popularity in the state ; we were surprised that our candidate lost the election in the state .
“ That ’ s why we have to investigate the reasons behind this with a view to punishing our members found culpable in this loss .
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Ejidike added, “ Political parties are formed for the sole purpose of winning elections, and if we cannot win election , then we are not in business .
“ That is the reason we have set up this fact -finding committee that will probe into what happened before and during the last general elections , which saw our party lying prostrate, without anything to show for its existence and participation in the election .”
The 13 – man committee had Mr . C .J . Chinwuba as chairman , Kingsley Ibe as Vice Chairman and Dr Peter Ogbuka as Secretary .
Our correspondent recalled that Buhari polled about 33 ,000 votes in the presidential election in the state , while his opponent of the Peoples Democratic Party Atiku Abubakar , scored no fewer than 500 , 000 votes.
The Minister of Labour and Employment , Dr. Chris Ngige had , shortly after the poll , threatened to sue the Independent National Electoral Commission , stating that the Commission ’ s results were not the true reflection of the party’ s performance.
