Ondo 2020: Four APC Aspirants Step Down For Akeredolu

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Four aspirants have announced their withdrawal from the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election to support Governor Rotimi Akeredolu.

This comes few hours to commencement of the primary of the APC in Ondo State.

On Sunday night, Engr. Ifeoluwa Oyedele, became the first aspirant to step down for the Governor.

Others who announced their withdrawal from the race for Akeredolu include Dr. Olusegun Abraham, Jimi Odimayo and Dr. Nath Adojutelegan.

They said they withdrew from the race to move the party forward.

There are now seven aspirants ready to contest with the governor in today’s primary.

They are: Olusola Oke, Olaide Adelami, Bukola Adetula, Jumoke Anifowose, Sola Iji, Isaac Kekemeke, and Awodeyi Akinsehinwa.

Meanwhile, one of the aspirants, Hon Isaac Kekemeke has said he has totally lost confidence in the process that led to the indirect primaries that will produce the candidate of the party ahead of Governorship poll in October.

Kekemeke said that the committee led by Governor Yahaya Bello was not fair to many of the governorship aspirants.

“I said as much to Governor Yahaya Bello and his team. They were handing the delegates list to us at exactly 11: 20 pm. I received mine at 11:22 pm on the 19th of July, and I was seeing guidelines for the first time at about 11:22 pm.

“For me, this process is unfair. It is aimed at producing a predetermined result because all we have heard about this election has been heard through government officials, Sources that are friendly or campaigning for the governor to return.”

Meanwhile, “The Chairman of Ondo APC Governorship Primary Election, Yahaya Bello, has declared that the primary would hold today as scheduled as some aspirants calls for postponement.

The chairman, who is also the Kogi State Governor, said he had no power to postpone the primary.

Bello stated this at a meeting with the governorship aspirants in Akure, the state capital early Monday.