Several gunshots marred Monday’s senatorial
primaries of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in
Ogun Central Senatorial District.
The development was linked to an allegation against
the Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, of attempting to
impose a candidate.
Many delegates and other stakeholders, including
security operatives, ran helter-skelter when
pandemonium broke at the veenue, the Moshood
Abiola International Stadium, Abeokuta.
PREMIUM TIMES gathered that while the
accreditation was going on, speculations dribbled
around that one of the aspirants, who has the
blessing of an elder brother to the governor, was
allegedly holding a parallel election inside the June
12 Cultural Center, a stone throw from the stadium.
Following the speculation, some thugs allegedly
started shooting sporadically to disperse the voters,
a development which rendered the congress
inconclusive.
After the primary became inconclusive, some
protesters poured into the Iwe-Iroyin Press Centre
with placards, some of which read, ‘Ogun State APC
is sinking’, ‘Amosun is backing those that can not
deliver’, ‘Let the right candidate emerge’, ‘Amosun,
don’t chose for us’, ‘Let people vote for their choice’,
‘We don’t want imposition’.
Meanwhile, three aspirants are angling for the
senatorial ticket: a former Deputy Chief of Staff to
Governor Amosun, Shuaib Salisu; a businessman,
Ganiyu Amusat and Lanre Tejuoso.

The gunshot is a shot of blessing