Ondo APC members kick against imposition of deputy speaker

According to her, members of the party in the area had assembled at their various ward to cast their votes as early as 8am and waited till 4pm when the state deputy governor arrived at the center, claiming to have won the election.

The former Commissioner of the state said apart from this, there was no comprehensive and credible register of members of the party with which a free and fair transparent direct primary could be conducted during the primary election while leaders of the party failed to turn up for the election.

All the five aspirants for the House of Assembly however, vowed to resist the imposition of Ogundeji on members from the area while they called on the state Chairman of the party, Mr Ade Adetimehin, to call for a fresh election to decide APC State Assembly candidate for Odigbo constituency 1.

Also speaking, the party’s youth leader, Abideen Abass, described the development as unhealthy for the party in the area, noting that the party may lose its grip in the area if a proper party primary is not conducted in the area.

He said that APC might lose the 2019 general election if the party’s leadership failed to conduct an acceptable primary in Odigbo constituency 1, noting that  the imposition could destabilise the party in Odigbo

He appealed to the state governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu and the party leadership in the state to intervene and stop the undemocratic practice,  to save the party from another crisis in the area.

The APC members also warned INEC against accepting name of Ogundeji as the candidate to represent Odigbo constituency 1 in the forthcoming 2019 election.