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Ondo APC Aspirant Rejects Senatorial Primary Result

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An All Progressives Congress aspirant for the Ondo North Senatorial District, Chief Alex Ajipe has rejected in its entirety, the process that led to the primary election which produced Mr Jide Ipinsagba as the senatorial candidate of the Party.

He therefore called on the party to nullify the election and set up another one in the interest of all aspirants involved.

Addressing newsmen in Akure, the Ondo state capital, Chief Ajipe described the process as a mockery of what normal Primary election should be.

The APC stalwart who scored 57 votes to follow Ipinsagba who had 268 votes, also alleged that the primary election was marred with malpractices and irregularities as leadership of the party denied three out of the four aspirants access to the delegates lists and later changed the lists at the eleventh hour to the primary election.

According to Chief Ajipe, strange markets women and traders were presented to them as delegates, a development he described as ridiculous to a democratic process.

Also speaking, a legal practitioner and Ajipe Campaign Director General, Chief Tolu Babaleye however expressed his readiness to approach the appeal panel of the Party to seek redress over the manipulation or head for court of law.

Leke Adegbite

Politics

Ondo APC Primary: Gov. Akeredolu Emerges Winner

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Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has been declared the candidate for the All Progressives Congress, APC in the Ondo State’s governorship election slated for October 10, 2020.

This follows Governor Akeredolu’s emergence as overall winner of the governorship primary held at the Dome, in Akure, the state’s capital

According to the chairman of the governorship primary election, Governor Yaya Bello, Governor Akeredolu polled two thousand four hundred and fifty-eight votes to defeat other aspirants in the daylong primary election

The closest aspirant, Chief Olusola Oke, who scored two hundred and sixty-two votes was followed by Mr Isaac Kekemeke, who recorded nineteen votes

Ambassador Olusola Iji scored nine, Nathaniel Adojutelegan alongside Olajide Adelami recorded four votes each followed by Olajumoke Anifowose who had two votes.

 Awodeyi Akinsehinwa and Ife Oyedele came out with one vote each while Bukola Adetula came last with zero vote aside from the thirty-three invalid votes recorded in the exercise.

Addressing the gathering, Governor Akeredolu encouraged the co-aspirants to work together and see him as the custodian of their visions for the development of the state.

He said the result reflected no victor, no vanquish and encouraged all party members to concentrate on the governorship election with a view to ensure continuity of people’s oriented projects across the state.

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