The leadership of Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has dissociated its members from the attack by cultists, hoodlums and the outlaws who allegedly invaded venue of the primary elections to foment trouble, saying its members are peace loving and law abiding.
Speaking to Tribune Online on the conduct of the primaries, Spokesman of the party, Hon Seye Oladejo disclosed that despite the hiccups, the exercise witnessed large turnout of members who are determined to elect their preferred candidates through an open-secret ballot voting system.
He, however, empathized with members of the party who were victims of the reported cases of skirmishes in the process of exercising their franchise.
He said, “The statewide exercise witnessed a large turn out of members who cast their votes for preferred aspirants through the open secret ballot mode as stipulated by the guidelines.
We acknowledge with regrets the reported few cases of skirmishes in a few wards with the attendant fall outs. We empathize with the victims of the unfortunate incident.
While we await the formal reports of the electoral officials , we wish to admonish the security agencies to conduct thorough investigations to bring the culprits to book and maintain law and order.
We wish to reiterate that hoodlums, cultists and other outlaws are not members of our party and will not be tolerated. The untoward intervention of external forces within the progressive fold should be resisted by all and sundry.
In the same vein, the party wants to enjoin aggrieved aspirants to approach the Electoral Appeal Committee headed by Mr. Lawal Pedro (SAN) to lodge formal complaints.
The party calls for the traditional united front as we prepare for the fast approaching Local Government elections.’
Oladejo congratulates all members of the party on the successful conduct of the primaries to elect candidates for the forthcoming Local Government elections to elect Chairmen, Vice Chairmen and Councilors into the 20 Local Government Councils , 37 Local Council Development Areas and 377 wards.
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