Ondo 2020: APC Aspirant faults Akeredolu’s victory at primaries

One of the governorship aspirants in the just concluded APC primaries in Ondo state , Mrs Jumoke Anifowose has described the process that produced governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu as the party’s flag bearer ahead of October election as a ‘flawed one. ’

According to Anifowose, the process will no doubt affect the legitimacy and credibility of the APC government in Ondo State.

In a statement on Friday, Anifowose through her Campaign Organisation posited that “the process leading to the emergence of Mr. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu SAN was a flawed one.

The Director-General of the organisation, Kayode Arigbede and Dr. Femi Famakinwa, Secretary, in the statement made available to Newsmen in Akure, the Ondo State capital stated that members of the Network were miffed at how the whole process was manipulated from the beginning to the end.

The JACN affirmed that Party members who are supporters of Mrs Jumoke Ajasin-Anifowoshe had their trust and confidence eroded by all events that took place during the exercise.

“The process did not give room for a level playing field right from the date of screening to 9.00pm on Sunday 19th July, 2020 when the chairman of the primary election His Excellency Governor Yaya Bello of Kogi State addressed the aspirants.

Subsequently the following are noted by the network:-

The polling venue was not known until the night before the primary election whereas the winner had known this and prepared the venue for the election.
The accreditation and voting time were not released until that night before the primary election.
The voting process which should be secret voting was done in the full glare of those who were present.
The state television station was strategically located to video the voters as they were thumb printing.
Ballot papers could easily be linked to a voter as monitoring agents of the incumbent governor were around to watch over the delegates while only one agent was allowed per aspirant to be in the hall where voting took place.

In conclusion the indirect mode of primary election used is nothing to be proud of as a party and we refuse to accept the result.

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing” –Edmund Burke. Our Network cannot overlook the flaws as enumerated above as doing so will be doing injustice to our numerous supporters who planned and were ready for Direct Primary Election.