The All Progressives Congress (APC) has settled for indirect primary for the Governorship Primary Election in Ondo State.
Governor Yahaya Bello, who was appointed the chairman of the Election Committee declared this on Friday to journalists at the APC National Secretariat in Abuja
Also, Yahaya Bello committee was inaugurated by the National Chairman of the Caretaker Committee, Governor Mai Mala Buni.
Meanwhile, the eleven of the twelve aspirants have kicked against the indirect primary, insisting it confers an undue advantage on Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, who is seeking reelection
But Bello said it was the prerogative of the party to determine the mode of the primary and not up to the aspirants.
Bello said: “The issue of the model of primary, this has been settled by the previous NWC and ratified by NEC, which gives the opportunity to the state executive committee to choose the mode of primary that they would want. This has been settled.
“The Ondo Primary election would be conducted via indirect mode. This was the option chosen by the Ondo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and ratified by the National Executive Committee (NEC) of our great party in the last meeting. So, we are going for an indirect primary.”
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“I was once a contestant and I had opponents and from what I have come to realise, it is not within the purview of contestants to choose rules of engagement. We follow laid down rules and regulations of the party.”
“I know at the end of the day that every contestant in this election shall be treated fairly and credibly and we shall have a candidate that is going to be acceptable to all the contestants and the people of Ondo State and we shall come out victorious in the general elections.”
