Seven governorship aspirants on the platform of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) have withdrawn from the party’s primary election in
Ekiti state.
The aspirants — Kayode Mojo, Demola Popoola, Femi Bamisile,
Bamidele Faparusi, Dayo Adeyeye, Opeyemi Bamidele and Afolabi Oluwasola —
alleged that the primary election committee is made up of loyalists of Kayode
Fayemi, Ekiti governor.
They alleged that Fayemi is making an attempt to foist
Biodun Oyebanji, a governorship aspirant, as the party’s governorship
standard-bearer in the state.
In a statement on Thursday, the aspirants said there is no
way the exercise will be fair with the calibre of people sitting on the primary
election committees.
“The seven aspirants
herein received with rude shock and dismay the purported list of local
government election committee and ward election committee made up solely by
party members and political appointees that had before now openly endorsed the
candidacy of Biodun Oyebanji the immediate past secretary to the state
government,” they said.
“It is on record that the government of Governor Kayode
Fayemi has given its unwavering support to the candidacy of Biodun Oyebanji, it
is common knowledge that the Governor and most appointees of the governor are
openly rooting for and supporting Biodun Oyebanji’s aspiration to become the
flag bearer of our great party.
“What is more disturbing is the fact that a simple glance at
the names of the persons appointed as members of both committees would reveal
that it is made up of appointees of government who are all supporters of a
candidate in the primary election they are appointed to superintend on.”
The aspirants asked the party to reconstitute the primary
election committees across the state.
“The seven candidates herein are loyal, faithful and
committed party members who are sincerely concerned about the chances of the
party in the forthcoming 2022 governorship election where an imposition is
allowed to override a democratic primary election for determining its flag
bearer,” they said.
“We request that both
the local government election committee and ward election committee was
constituted on the list already in circulation be disbanded and replaced with
names that would reinforce internal democracy and uphold the aims and
objectives of the party.”
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