An All Progressives Congress(
APC) Senatorial aspirant in the just concluded primaries of the party in Ekiti
State, Dr. Olusegun Osinkolu, has said the alleged concoction of results in
favour of candidates in the National Assembly primaries by powerful individuals
had dented President Muhammadu Buhari’s fight against graft.
Osinkolu, who contested for the
Senate ticket in Ekiti North senatorial district, alleged that Dr Ibrahim
Sule-led APC Committee on the National Assembly primary in Ekiti, allegedly
messed up the whole process by fabricating results in Senator Olubunmi Adetumbi’s
favour.
Adetumbi , who represented the
district between 2011 and 2015 was declared winner of the primary in Ekiti
North.
Stating that he rejected the
primaries in its entirety, Osinkolu said elections didn’t hold in Ikole, Moba
and Ido/Osi local government areas out of the five councils that constitute the
district, urging Com Adams Oshiomhole to annul the primary and order rerun of
the exercise for Nigerians to take the change mantra of the party seriously.
Addressing journalists in Ado
Ekiti on Monday on the contentious primaries that had generated bad blood among
party members, the APC chieftain said he had given the party the best supports
in Ekiti and didn’t deserve to be treated in such a shabby and disrespectful
manner.
Osinkolu stated that party
members were humiliated by security agencies through sporadic shootings in
Ikole while old and young members queued for over 12 hours without seeing
collation officers sent to the wards by the committee.
He expressed displeasure that
what Nigerians expected from the APC was a change in all facets, particularly
in the way the party conducts its elections, which he said must be credible,
lamenting that what some party members did in the primaries would go a long way
in undermining President Buhari’s belief in a corrupt-free society.
Osinkolu maintained that the only
alternative way through which the party can approach the 2019 elections with a
united front to be able to deliver for Buhari, is by annulling the outcome of
the primary he described as not only a charade but a product of poll robbery.
“The NWC made good preparations
for these elections, only for desperate power seekers to hijack the process by
cornering the committee sent to Ekiti and ensured they did their bidding.
“The Ekiti election in the North
district was so worst to the extent that the Committee brought photocopies to
the wards to conduct elections, they hoarded the original result sheets. This
was a shame to a party that prides itself a bringing change to the people.
“Apart from that, elections
didn’t hold in many of the wards. Our people who had queued since 7pm got
disappointed when they waited till around 6pm without seeing the collation
officers in their respective wards.
“But in few places where
elections were held, I have available evidence which I will present to NWC hat
I was winning. They stole my mandate and I am ready to retrieve it using every
legal and constitutional means.
“But because of the enormous
respect I have for our party leadership, I will explore internal mechanism to
seek redress but if this fail, I won’t have any other option than to challenge
the outcome in court.
“Let the party do its
investigations thoroughly and found out where elections were not held and order
rerun in those areas or use the results of where polls were conducted to
declare the actual winner. This remains the best way to stabilize our party and
reinforce Nigerians’ confidence in APC as a political party.
“It saddened one’s heart to see
party leaders humiliating their followers in their unbridled quests for power,
they must have a rethink else, they will end up destroying the party and render
it impotent to be able to win elections.
“As a loyal party man, I will
remain in the APC and fight for my right.”
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