Indications emerged weekend that
the presidency may have launched a probe into the loss by the All Progressives Congress, APC of Oyo
and Ondo States in penultimate saturday’s presidential and National Assembly
elections.
This is coming after the party’s
National Working Committee NWC said that Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo
State would be queried for alleged anti party activity given the ill-fortune of the party at the
polls.
The party’s NWC has since
suspended governors lbikunle Amosun and Rochas Okorocha of Ogun and Imo States.
In Ondo State, the Peoples
Democratic Party candidate Atiku Abubakar won with a margin of 34,132 votes
while he won with 1,461 difference in Oyo State.
President Buhari won in the four
other Southwest states of Ogun, Lagos, Ekiti, and Osun.
A source in the Presidency
confirmed that the president was
“particularly piqued by the outcome of the election in the two states,
especially Ondo state where the governor had assured him that all was well.
He said the circumstances leading
to the ‘below the belt performance’ would be investigated.
Aside from the two governors, the
Southwest coordinator of the APC Presidential Campaign, Chief Olusola Oke (SAN)
lost both his senatorial district as well as Federal Constituency to the
opposition PDP.
But to stave off possible
backlash arising from the woeful performance in Ondo South and Ilaje Ese-Odo
Federal Constituency, Oke is said to be making moves to bring on board to APC,
a prominent PDP leader in the state, Hon. Kingsley Kuku as well as the
re-elected House of Representatives candidate, Kolade Aklnjo immediately after
his inauguration in June.
Kuku who was the Presidential
Adviser on Niger Delta Affairs to former president Goodluck Jonathan had hinged
his return to Nigeria from self-exile, on the possible victory of Atiku.
It was unclear as at press time
if both leaders have considered the overtures from Oke.
The source “Some of us saw this
coming many months back when the governors of the two states were behaving as
if they own the party.
“But as a government, we decided
to lie low to see if the issues involved could be amicably resolved.
“But from all indications, it has
been shown to all that both Governors Akeredolu and Ajimobi, rather than
strengthening the party, are busy destroying it with their ego problems and the
results have so established this fact.
“Nothing can be more
disappointing than what Mr. President got from the two states, especially Ondo
state where both the governor and the Southwest coordinator of the presidential
campaign, Olusola Oke ought to have worked together as a team.
Contacted, the media aide to
Chief Oke, Rotimi Ogunleye said he would not like to be specific but that it
was true that Chief Oke is ” talking to all concerned across the board to join
the APC.
“Chief Oke will be glad to have
such personalities on board. I can’t rule it out. Generally, he would do that,
but I am not specific on who he has talked with or not. That is part of his
role.
Meanwhile, the Zonal Director,
APC presidential campaign Council, Southwest, Chief Oke yesterday said that
President Buhari ” victory is a clear testimony to the effect that the majority
of Nigerians appreciate the stoic attributes, altruism, and integrity in the
leadership of President Buhari.
In a congratulatory message to
the president, Oke said “I thank Nigerians especially the people who believe in
the next level agenda of APC and voted for continuity.
Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
Advertise on NigerianEye.com to reach thousands of our daily users
Take Oyo state for example: the Lautech students went on strike for almost or more than a year, the governor "constituted authority", The governor damble into the obaship by appointing several obas against the normal Ibadan tradition, The governor refuses to pay retirement benefits of primary school teachers + the Civil servant are suffering, The Governor talks recklessly, The governor provoke the public by demolishing Ayefele's radio station
ReplyDeleteTake Oyo state for example: the Lautech students went on strike for almost or more than a year, the governor "constituted authority", The governor damble into the obaship by appointing several obas against the normal Ibadan tradition, The governor refuses to pay retirement benefits of primary school teachers + the Civil servant are suffering, The Governor talks recklessly, The governor provoke the public by demolishing Ayefele's radio station
ReplyDelete