Ondo 2016: Apc Aspirants Slam Oyegun, Reject Akeredolu As Party Candidate

SAN FRANCISCO, September 24, (THEWILL) – Those who vied for the All Progressives Congress, APC, ticket in the party’s governorship primary in Ondo State have come hard on the party's leadership for upholding the election of Rotimi Akeredolu as its flag bearer in the forthcoming gubernatorial election in the Southwest state.

Three of the aspirants, Olusola Oke, Robert Boroffice and Olusegun Abraham, who had earlier challenged the result of the election, said at a press conference in Akure on Friday that the party leadership had chosen to cover “corruption and irregularities”.

Speaking on behalf of the aspirants, Boroffice said the national chairman of the party, John Odigie-Oyegun, overruled a decision supported by the NWC and majority of other party leaders.

“He (Oyegun) rejected the path of truth and upheld the primary election that its process was characterized with corruption,” said Boroffice, who is the senator representing Ondo North.

Stressing that they were encouraged by the genuine desire of their supporters and Ondo people to have a change and end the reign of mis-governance in the state, the aspirants maintained that they were not deterred by the action of the NWC and the “undemocratic behaviour” of the national chairman of the party.

Boroffice asserted that the fraud perpetrated during the primary election was at variance with the anticorruption tenets of the present APC-led federal government.

“We are determined to liberate our people and no undemocratic decision of a party and its leadership will be allowed to misdirect our attention from the goal,” he said, noting however that they were still members of the party and would consult with their supporters to decide the next line of action.

While fielding questions on his alleged defection to another party, Oke stated that he was yet to leave the party as he was doing “a wide consultation among the people”.

He explained that reports claiming that he had decamped to APGA, Accord or Action Alliance, reflected the wishes of his supporters who would like to see him switch party.

“As at today, we remain members of APC. In the days to come we will reach out to our people whose desire is our command to decide the next line of action,” Oke said, assuring that he would make it known to the public should he decide to defect to another party.