Why Buhari’s anti-corruption war is now questionable – APC senatorial aspirant
concluded primaries of the party in Ekiti State, Dr. Olusegun
Osinkolu, has said the alleged concoction of results in favour of
candidates in the National Assembly primaries by powerful individuals
had dented President Muhammadu Buhari's fight against graft.
Osinkolu, who contested for the Senate ticket in Ekiti North
senatorial district, alleged that Dr Ibrahim Sule-led APC Committee on
the National Assembly primary in Ekiti, allegedly messed up the whole
process by fabricating results in Senator Olubunmi Adetumbi's favour.
Adetumbi , who represented the district between 2011 and 2015 was
declared winner of the primary in Ekiti North.
Stating that he rejected the primaries in its entirety, Osinkolu said
elections didn't hold in Ikole, Moba and Ido/Osi local government
areas out of the five councils that constitute the district, urging
Com Adams Oshiomhole to annul the primary and order rerun of the
exercise for Nigerians to take the change mantra of the party
seriously.
Addressing journalists in Ado Ekiti on Monday on the contentious
primaries that had generated bad blood among party members, the APC
chieftain said he had given the party the best supports in Ekiti and
didn't deserve to be treated in such a shabby and disrespectful
manner.
Osinkolu stated that party members were humiliated by security
agencies through sporadic shootings in Ikole while old and young
members queued for over 12 hours without seeing collation officers
sent to the wards by the committee.
He expressed displeasure that what Nigerians expected from the APC was
a change in all facets, particularly in the way the party conducts its
elections, which he said must be credible, lamenting that what some
party members did in the primaries would go a long way in undermining
President Buhari's belief in a corrupt-free society.
Osinkolu maintained that the only alternative way through which the
party can approach the 2019 elections with a united front to be able
to deliver for Buhari, is by annulling the outcome of the primary he
described as not only a charade but a product of poll robbery.
"The NWC made good preparations for these elections, only for
desperate power seekers to hijack the process by cornering the
committee sent to Ekiti and ensured they did their bidding.
"The Ekiti election in the North district was so worst to the extent
that the Committee brought photocopies to the wards to conduct
elections, they hoarded the original result sheets. This was a shame
to a party that prides itself a bringing change to the people.
"Apart from that, elections didn't hold in many of the wards. Our
people who had queued since 7pm got disappointed when they waited till
around 6pm without seeing the collation officers in their respective
wards.
"But in few places where elections were held, I have available
evidence which I will present to NWC hat I was winning. They stole my
mandate and I am ready to retrieve it using every legal and
constitutional means.
"But because of the enormous respect I have for our party leadership,
I will explore internal mechanism to seek redress but if this fail, I
won't have any other option than to challenge the outcome in court.
"Let the party do its investigations thoroughly and found out where
elections were not held and order rerun in those areas or use the
results of where polls were conducted to declare the actual winner.
This remains the best way to stabilize our party and reinforce
Nigerians' confidence in APC as a political party.
"It saddened one's heart to see party leaders humiliating their
followers in their unbridled quests for power, they must have a
rethink else, they will end up destroying the party and render it
impotent to be able to win elections.
"As a loyal party man, I will remain in the APC and fight for my right."
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