Adelabu Rejects APC Governorship Results, Says Party Members Not Up To 500,000

A former minister of power, Adebayo Adelabu, has rejected the results of the All Progressive Congress (APC) governorship primary in Oyo state, declaring that the total number of registered party members in the state is not up to 500,000.

Adelabu, who resigned as minister of power to contest the Oyo APC gubernatorial primary, spoke on Friday via a statement signed by his media aide, Comrade Femi Awogboro.

In the statement by his media aide, the former minister dismissed claims that his contender, Senator Sharafadeen Alli, polled over 500,000 votes to emerge as the party’s candidate.

The statement described the figure as inaccurate, saying that the exercise was manipulated.

Adelabu noted that the total number of registered APC members in Oyo State stands at 153,640 and not 500,000.

Adelabu in the statement enjoined members of the party to wait for the official declaration.

The statement noted that it was evident from the turnout that Adelabu enjoys overwhelming grassroots support across the state.

“Those in charge of the results need to be careful and not to be used by anyone to truncate or alter the results because it is already clear to us from what we are collating from each ward,” the statement said.