* Launches reconciliation process after elections
Sunday Aborisade in Abuja
The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has dismissed allegations of irregularities and imposition of candidates in its recently concluded presidential, governorship, National Assembly and state Houses of Assembly primaries, insisting that all contestants were given a fair opportunity to participate in the democratic process.
The party said claims that its primaries were manipulated were either borne out of ignorance of its constitution and guidelines or deliberate attempts by opponents unsettled by the party’s growing popularity across the country.
In a statement on Friday and signed by the National Secretary of the party, Ikenna Morgan Enekweizu, the NDC maintained that its primary elections were conducted transparently and in line with its founding principles of consultation, inclusiveness and consensus-building.
