APC primary a sham - Oke



One of the aspirants in last weekend’s Ondo State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primaries Chief Olusola Oke, yesterday described it as “a sham”.



Oke, who scored 576 votes behind Dr. Olusegun Abraham 635 votes and the winner Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu (669) alleged that the delegates’ list which served as the voter register was doctored.

He said he would explore the party’s internal mechanism available to him to seek redress after conducting further probe into the “perversion”.

A statement by the Olusola Oke Campaign Organisation (OOCO)yesterday alleged the illicit substitution of the delegates’ list officially given to the aspirants from Abuja less than 12 hours to the primary.

It alleged that persons who were not on the delegates list were allowed to participate in the primary election.

The statement, signed by OOCO’s Director-General Otunba Bola Fisayo, also said the organisation was aware that the delegates list used for the primary was kept away from the aspirants and ‘impregnated’ with over 400 delegates who never emerged from any congress of the party as required by its constitution and guidelines.