Lifestyle Nigeria gathered that A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bamidele Oloyeloogun said the party will lose the forthcoming Ondo State governorship election if Saturday’s primary is not cancelled.

Oloyeloogun stated this at a press conference in Akure on Tuesday.

Recall that Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa emerged as the candidate of APC for the November 16 governorship election

Governor Aiyedatiwa scored 48,569 votes in the poll, to defeat the other 15 aspirants.

The Chairman of the Governorship Primary Election Committee and Governor of Kogi, Usman Ododo declared Aiyedatiwa as the winner of the primary on Monday.

But, Oloyeloogun described the conduct of the primary as a “fraud” against the party and its members in the state.

Oloyeloogun said, “As a leader in APC in Ondo State, l want to warn that if the purported April 20 primary is not cancelled, APC will lose the Nov. 16 governorship election.

“It is on record including that of the Independent National Electoral Commission, that there was no ward out of the 203 wards in the state that election was held, they just manufactured figures.

“The evidence is that, today our members are not jubilating because the process that led to the announcement and declaration of the winner was a fraud perpetrated against them.

“Today in Ondo State, APC members have their placard in their heart and they will display it during the Nov. 16 governorship election no matter the level of intimidation.

“As someone who had contested election four times and won, I know the implications of the charade called primary on Saturday.

“Those who came to Ondo State to perpetrate this evil called primary against our members should be held accountable when the chips are down and the seed germinates in November.”

Oloyeloogun, a former speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, appealed to President Bola Tinubu to salvage the party by ensuring the cancellation of the primary election.

Lifestyle Nigeria gathered that National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, has hailed Kogi State governor and Chairman of the Ondo State Primary Election Committee, Usman Ahmed Ododo.

Ododo was appointed head of the seven-man committee that conducted Saturday’s governorship primary election in all the 18 local government areas of Ondo State, while former Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, served as secretary.

Although some of the aspirants kicked against the process, accusing Ododo of a shoddy job, Ganduje, said the governor lived up to expectation.

The APC chairman said this when he received official report of the conduct of the poll, on Tuesday.

Ododo and his team were received by the APC National Chairman at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja.

While presenting the report, Ododo said,

He said, “The APC primary election has successfully produced a candidate to fly the flag of our great party come November 16, 2024, in Ondo State. Your Excellency, I sincerely and greatly appreciate your style of leadership. I also want to thank our members for giving you the needed support in painstakingly selecting very committed, sincere and experienced politicians to work as a team in that committee.

“We also thank members of our great party in Ondo State and other stakeholders in different communities for giving us the needed cooperation and understanding. Everything that happened in the Ondo State election has been penciled down in these reports. I hereby present the report to the national chairman and the NWC.

“On this note, I want to present the reports of the governorship election one after the other. Here is the summary report as collated at the State collation centre in Ondo where about 16 aspirants contested. Today, we now have a candidate we are all proud of and I appealed to all the aspirants to unite with him ahead of the governorship election.”

Responding, Ganduje said, “This is your first official political assignment outside Kogi State. You have made history because of the political dexterity with which you and your team conducted this primary. Nigerians are proud of you.

“You have observed the party constitution and guidelines regarding the conduct of this election. The certificate of return will be issued later to the APC candidate. I want to thank you for a good job.”

He added that he would present it to the National Working Committee (NWC) for adoption.

Ondo State governor, Aiyedatiwa defeated the 15 aspirants to clinch the party’s ticket at the primary election which ran into the second day.

Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, the National Chairman of nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress, who was reportedly suspended from his ward in Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area of Kano State, has finally addressed the issue.

Lifestyle Nigeria reports that Ganduje spoke about his suspension when he received the official reports of Saturday’s governorship primary election in Ondo State from the Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo-led committee on Tuesday.

The former Kano Governor’s suspension was announced by the ward’s Legal Adviser, Haladu Gwanjo, who led some party leaders to make the announcement.

Gwanjo hinged the suspension on an alleged bribery case brought against Ganduje and his wife, and the decision was taken by nine executive members of the APC ward.

Despite efforts by Kano APC to abort the move by suspending the ward executives for their roles, a Kano High Court order was granted, restraining Ganduje from parading himself as the APC national chairman.

However, another Federal High Court injunction presided over by Justice A.M Liman, was granted after Ganduje filed an exparte motion seeking to enforce his fundamental right to a fair hearing.

Ganduje accused the New nigeria People’s Party and Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, of being behind his purported suspension to embarrass him.

He said, “We were so astonished when we heard the news but we were not surprised when we discovered that the great threat that APC overwhelmingly poses to other parties is real and Kano State is not an exception.

“The government in Kano State is behind this drama. Even the drama is one kind of drama that is called Africa Magic. This is Africa Magic and it is not leading democracy anywhere. It is a negative innovation where members who belong to a different political party, not even our members, let alone being elected executive members of either the ward or to the highest level at the state, meet themselves and take resolutions that affect the nation as far as our party is concerned, that is not acceptable.

“Our party cannot be distracted, we assure you. Our attention cannot be diverted. We are focused. We know where we are heading. We know our objectives and we know how to achieve our objectives”.