Primaries: Aggrieved aspirants lied in rigging accusation – Ekiti APC
Congress(APC), on Monday exonerated the committee sent by the national
body of the party to conduct the National Assembly primaries in the
state from allegations of rigging and brazen display of impunity
during the election.
The party urged aggrieved aspirants to stop misleading the public by
making unsubstantiated allegations of rigging and concoction of
figures against the Ibrahim Sule-led Committee in the primary that
produced Senator Olubunmi Adetumbi as the senatorial candidate for
Ekiti North.
Other candidates, whose election were being challenged by other
contenders were; Mr Peter Owolabi and Mr. Ibrahim Olanrewaju, being
House of Representatives candidates for Ekiti North Federal
constituencies I and II respectively.
Ekiti APC maintained that those making the allegations were the ones
who allegedly deployed thugs to disrupt the polls but were repelled by
security agencies.
Two senatorial aspirants; Dr Olusegun Osinkolu and Mr. Kayode Otitoju,
as well as some House of Representatives' hopeful; Hon. Bimbo
Daramola, Bunmi Ogunleye and Olufemi Ajayi, had raised damning
allegations that no election was held in Ikole, Ido/Osi , and Oye
council areas when the poll was conducted last Friday.
Responding in a statement signed by the party's Publicity Secretary,
Hon. Ade Ajayi, in Ado Ekiti on Monday, the party contended that
credible primaries were held to select the House of Representatives
and Senatorial candidates, contrary to the claims by some aspirants.
Ajayi posited that the direct primary adopted by the party made it
impossible for the committee to concoct figures as alleged, claiming
that the election was conducted and that every member of the APC
participated as ordered by the Comrade Adams Oshiomhole-led NWC.
"We disagreed that there were no elections in Oye and Ikole local
governments. The election did not only hold, but were credible and
devoid of rigging , manipulations , violence and intimidation.
"Those who alleged of rigging were the people that disrupted the
elections at Ido/Osi, Oye, Ikole, Moba and Ilejemeje local
governments. They brought thugs to destroy the property of our party
including the flag at the party secretariat , they equally carted away
election materials. Similarly, some journalists were beaten and their
phones destroyed.
"With the use of direct mode of election, nobody could concoct
election results because it was what you see, witness and counted
verbally that were recorded.
"These aggrieved aspirants knew that the APC was a party of integrity
and discipline that didn't tolerate impunity and injustice.
"They should stop misleading the public and embrace peace in resolving
their grievances as regards the use of photocopies of result sheets to
conduct elections, rather than resorting to cheap blackmail", he
stated.
The APC spokesman described concoction of results and manipulation of
elections as corruption, which the Preident Muhammadu Buhari-led
government is strongly against.
Ajayi commended the party faithful for being steadfastness during the
primaries, urging them to remain loyal, committed and focused ahead of
2019, even while holding any grievance against the party.
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