By Ayodele Oni
Few hours to the commencement of the governorship primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) a group has faulted the composition of the committee saddled with the conduct of the election. The election comes up on Saturday.
The group Ondo APC Stakeholders announced that membership of the seven man committee, headed by the Kogi state Governor, Ododo was unconstitutional.
It stated that the inclusion of one Mr. Niyi Akinsiju in the Electoral Committee for the April 20th primary election of APC in Ondo State runs foul of the party’s constitution.
In a statement in Akure on Friday, the Chairman of the group, Chief Bamidele Alomaja, quoted the APC guideline, which prohibits the inclusion of an indigene in the primary election committee of APC.
“We are surprised that despite the position of APC and its guidelines that prohibit inclusion of indigene in the primary election of APC, Mr. Niyi Akinsiju is included as a member of the Ondo primary election committee. This is a clear departure from the election guideline.
“Mr. Niyi Akinsiju is an indigene of Idanre local government area of Ondo state. By the reason of his indigeneship and as defined in our party guideline, he is not supposed to be included in the election committee.
“We presumed this to be a deliberate effort to rig or invalidate the outcome of the election.”
The group called on the leaders of APC to correct the rape on the election guideline, to avoid creating unnecessary encumbrances.
