Ondo APC Crisis: Oke, Boroffice, Abraham Reject NWC Decision To Back Rotimi Akeredolu As Candidate

Three aggrieved governorship aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo state have rejected the decision of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) that backed Rotimi Akeredolu as the Governorship candidate of the party.

 The trio of Olusola Oke, Ajayi Boroffice and Segun Abraham unanimously faulted the decision of the NWC led by the party’s National Chairman, John Odegie-Oyegun at a press conference held in Akure on Friday.

They described the final verdict of the National Working Committee (NWC) to support Mr. Akeredolu as the governorship candidate of the party for the November 26, 2016 in Ondo state as an undemocratic decision.

The aggrieved aspirants raised concern on why the National Working Committee of the party would jettison the report of the Primary Election Appeal Committee headed by Mrs. Helen Badenga which recommended a cancellation of the poll and re-run.

Speaking on behalf of his co-aggrieved aspirants, Mr. Boroffice threatened that they would not allow the misdirect ‘overrule’ of the National Working Committee to deterred them from taking a step forward to liberate the people of the state.

“To our dismay and in a manner at variance with democratic norms, the National Chairman overruled the majority of the National Working Committee. He rejected the path of truth and upheld the primary election that its process was characterized with corruption.

“Let it be known that we are not deterred by the action of the National Working Committee and the undemocratic behaviour of the National Chairman, we are encouraged by the genuine desire of the people of Ondo State for a change that will free them from the economic captivity of the present administration in Ondo State”.

He alleged that three hundred and eighty three names were fraudulent injected into the delegates list used to conduct the governorship primary election that produced Mr. Akeredolu as the party’s candidate.

Mr. Boriffice revealed that there were also illegal issuance of delegate tags to non-delegates members who participated and vote during the September 3, 2016 governorship primary election of the APC.

“Therefore, we hereby condemn in absolute terms the undemocratic decision of the National Working Committee. Since the party and the official leaders of the party have found pleasure in covering fraud, we owe the people of Ondo State a sacred duty of liberation. This we are committed to and this we shall do.

 “In the days ahead, we shall consult widely and make public the next line of action that will liberate our people from the present state of hopelessness and despair”, he said.

Also, Oke said the three aggrieved aspirants would in the next few days make their next line of action known to the people of the state adding that his main supporters are already pulling in for a new party in the state.

However, Mr. Abraham was absent at the press briefing.