The All Progressives Congress, APC, Appeal Committee says it has received three petitions in respect of the just concluded governorship primary in Ondo State.
Credible News reports that the Gov. Usman Ododo-led committee that supervised the conduct of the election declared Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa the winner.
Aiyedatiwa, who contested against 16 other aspirants, was declared the party’s candidate for the Nov. 16 governorship election.
Addressing a news conference on Monday in Akure, Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar, the head of the five-member appeals committee, said that petitions were received from Mr. Olugbenga Edema, Mr. Jimi Odimayo, and Mr. Wale Akinterinwa.
Abubakar, a former governor of Bauchi State, said that the aspirants’ complaints were that the primary did not hold across the 203 wards in the state and that the process was fraught with irregularities.
“So far, we have received three petitions: one from Olugbenga Edema, one from Jimmy Odimayo, and the last one from Adewale Akinterinwa.
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“The situation I met on the ground was an inconclusive election that needed to be repeated in one local government.
“They were able to repeat the election in that local government, and by early this morning, they were able to declare the results of the primary.
“It is traditional in the APC to set up a committee like this in order to follow up on the fallout of the primary election.
“It’s as a result of this that I invited the gentlemen of the press to be here today, so that I can announce to them the presence of this committee and the readiness of this committee to receive whatever complaints arise as a fallout from the primary election,” the committee head said.
Abubakar said that the committee would be expecting more petitions from other aggrieved aspirants between Monday and Tuesday afternoon.
The secretary of the committee, Mr. Obiocha Israel, will be available at the APC secretariat in Akure for two days to receive petitions, according to Abubakar.
“The committee will be here until Tuesday to collect whatever complaints there may be.
“Let me use this opportunity to assure members of our party that this committee intends to be thorough and transparent in treating any complaint that we will receive.
“I can assure you that within a few days, we will consider the total number of petitions we received and render a report to the national headquarters of our party before the party takes a final decision on the issue of the primary.
“I am calling on all the aspirants that have complaints to please feel free to forward them to us. We have since established our office at the headquarters of the party,” he said.
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