Ondo guber: Three aspirants petition against APC over primary election result

THE Appeal Committee set up by the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee confirmed yesterday it received three petitions from aggrieved aspirants on the conduct of Ondo State governorship primary.

Its Chairman, Mrs. Helen Bendega, said the committee would look dispassionately into the petitions, and promised that justice will be dispensed in the matter.
Former National President of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) Chief Rotimi Akeredolu was elected winner of the primary, supervised by Jigawa State Governor Badaru Abubakar.
Some APC stakeholders have rejected the election, alleging that the list of delegates used was not the same list given to them by the party’s national leadership.
An aspirant, Akinwale Akingbade, told reporters in a telephone interview that some people who came to the venue as delegates were not on the list they were given.
He wondered how such people got into the venue, saying they want answers from the party.
APC’s National Organising Secretary Senator Osita Izunaso said nobody in the party could react to issues raised until the appeal committee submitted its report.
He said: “There is an appeal panel and party officials will not make a statement on the primary without the committee concluding its work. Anything l say now can jeopardise its work. Let the committee finish its work; then we can now talk.”