As the process for the selection
of the party flag bearer in the July 8 by-election within the ruling All
Progressive Congress( APC), in Osun West Senatorial District continues, the
younger brother to the late Isiaka Adeleke, Ademola Adeleke has emerged
unopposed.
Adeleke was declared unopposed to
grab the party’s ticket, following the disqualification of his only opponent in
the race, senator Mudashir Husein, who is a serving commissioner in the state.
Recall that a 5-man panel was set
up by the National Secretariat of the APC to conduct a thorough screening for
aspirants against the June 12 primary.
Meanwhile, during the process,
three out of the five aspirants that picked up nomination forms as at Friday
stepped down midway into the screening exercise, leaving Ademola Adeleke and
senator Mudashir Husein in the race.
The panel, however, frowned at
the candidacy of Husein, who they said ought to have resigned his appointment
as a Commissioner at least 30 days before expressing interest to contest for
the vacant senatorial seat.
The panel, base on this
sacrosanct electoral issue subsequently disqualified Husein, and automatically
made Adeleke unopposed in the forthcoming primary.
Husein has, however, vowed to
appeal the resolution of the panel.
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