AKEREDOLU EMERGES ONDO APC GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE

The severally shifted Apc primary in Ondo state finally took place on saturday the 3rd of September 2016, at the Dome International event centre in Akure, Ondo state, the same venue were the PDP primary took place. Unlike the PDP primary were  few aspirants participated, the Apc aspirants appeared more. The aspirants were 24 in number. And from all indication, it appears the Apc is more desperate and more determined to capture the state this time around. 

But the big question is: How can a divided house stand in a competitive atmosphere?
Gdev News has been closely observing the Ondo state politics for a while now and we can categorically tell of what is going on in the state's polity. Let's recall that a few day to their primary, the national leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu said in his words: 'However, we (Apc) cannot accomplish this great deed through petty bickering  or by allowing our very opponents to sow discords among us. Our mission is too important and humane to allow ourselves to be divided or sidetracked! We must remember what is truly at stake.
In the end only one person will be chosen.'

Chief Rotimi Akeredolu

Chief Rotimi Akeredolu

And just two days to the just concluded primary, two aspirants were made to step down for chief Segun Abraham ( The supposed anointed of the party), who won 635 votes. Engr Tunji Abayomi won only 5 votes, Bode Ayorinde won 67votes, Borofice Ajayi won 471 votes, Oke Olusola won 574 votes and Rotimi Akeredolu won 689 votes. Others had their votes too. Akeredolu emerged the party' s candidate!  Will the outcome or result of the primary shock the Asiwaju since he was the one who chose the anointed for the party? Let's leave that for the people of Ondo state to answer. Going further on the outcome of the primary, the venue also witnessed sporadic shoot out by security agents who misunderstood each other but later calm down when effective communication took place.

On thursday August 18th 2016, the warring members of the party had a shoot out amongst themselves at the party's Secretariat and on the 30th of August 2016, fetish images were placed at the front of the party's Secretariat, yemekun road, Akure.
The primary was conducted by governor Mohammed Badaru Abubakar of Jigawa state who was chairman, primary election committee that monitored the exercise. Total voters accredited was 2,774.

Written by Anita Aluya and Posted by Michael Uchegbu.