Three aspirants who took part in the Ondo State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary have rejected the outcome of the election in petitions they submitted to the party’s Appeal Committee.
The petitioners are Mr Olugbenga Edema, Mr Jimi Odimayo and Mr Wale Akinterinwa.
The head of the five-member appeals committee, former Governor of Bauchi State, Mohammed Abubakar, on Monday said the aspirants’ alleged that the primary did not hold in all the 203 wards in the state, and alleged that the primary was marred by irregularities.
He said “The situation I met on ground was an inconclusive election that needed to be repeated in one local government area,” adding that “They were able to repeat the election in that local government area and by early this morning, they were able to declare the results of the primary.
“It is traditional in APC to set up a committee like this, in order to follow up on the fallout of the primary election.,” adding that this committee was ready to receive whatever complaints, as a fallout from the primary election.
“Let me use this opportunity to assure members of our party that this committee intends to be thorough and transparent in treating any complaint that we will receive.
“I can assure you that within a space of a few days, we will consider the total number of petitions we received and render a report to the national headquarters of our party, before the party takes a final decision on the issue of the primary.
Gov. Usman Ododo of Kogi State was chairman of the committee that supervised conduct of the election won by Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa.
Aiyedatiwa, contested against 16 other aspirants for the Nov. 16 governorship election.
