Supporters of Chief Olusola Oke (SAN), a governorship aspirant of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Saturday’s primary of the party, on Sunday, trooped out in their large numbers to demand the cancellation of the exercise.
The protesters carried different placards of various inscriptions such as: “No election in Ondo,” “APC Primary Electoral Officers Failed to Show Up in All Wards in Ondo State,” “We Demand Fairness and Justice in APC Primary Election in Ondo,” among others.
Addressing journalists during the protest in Akure, Director-General for Olusola Oke Campaign Organisation, Ondo Central Senatorial District, Adeniran Oyebade, called for the suspension of the Governor Usman Ododo from the party over the conduct of the election.
Oyebade said, “Election crime is a serious crime. You cannot come to the wards of our people and start terrorising them against their will.”
He further stated that, “We are protesting against our mandate that was stolen. It was a broad-day light robbery, a monumental disaster. APC delegated some people to Ondo State to conduct the primary; apparently, that was never done.
“They remained in Akure and started writing results. They wrote the results of 203 wards all across Ondo State, taking the mandate of the people into their own hands.
“At the end of the day, we started seeing different results flying around stating one particular candidate won the election, but that never happened.
“APC as a party is about to set Ondo State on fire, and we will never take this as likely. We want the most popular candidate, a candidate that knows the people; we want the candidate whose name is a household brand in every part of Ondo State. We do not want an unpopular or controversial candidate; we don’t want a wife beater. We want someone with a sound mind.
“Ododo should be suspended from the party. What we want is the cancellation of the election because any election did not take place. There is no need to say that the election was inconclusive.”
