THE
Appeal Committee set up by the All Progressives Congress (APC) National
Working Committee confirmed yesterday it received three petitions from
aggrieved aspirants on the conduct of Ondo State governorship primary.
Its Chairman, Mrs. Helen Bendega, said
the committee would look dispassionately into the petitions, and
promised that justice will be dispensed in the matter.
Former National President of the Nigeria
Bar Association (NBA) Chief Rotimi Akeredolu was elected winner of the
primary, supervised by Jigawa State Governor Badaru Abubakar.
Some APC stakeholders have rejected the
election, alleging that the list of delegates used was not the same list
given to them by the party’s national leadership.
An aspirant, Akinwale Akingbade, told
reporters in a telephone interview that some people who came to the
venue as delegates were not on the list they were given.
He wondered how such people got into the venue, saying they want answers from the party.
APC’s National Organising Secretary
Senator Osita Izunaso said nobody in the party could react to issues
raised until the appeal committee submitted its report.
He said: “There is an appeal panel and
party officials will not make a statement on the primary without the
committee concluding its work. Anything l say now can jeopardise its
work. Let the committee finish its work; then we can now talk.”
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