Guber poll: Ondo APC group alleges plot to manipulate primaries

A• Faults flawed validation exercise, absence of delegates’ congress • Channel your grievances to APC leadership, LACO- FS tells group • Zoning will deprive state of best candidate, says female aspirant • Aiyedatiwa begins tour of Ondo councils ahead of primaries

GROUP within the All Progressives Congress ( APC), Ondo Vanguard for Good Governance, has raised the alarm over the alleged plot to rig the April 20, 2024 governorship primaries of the party in the state. According to the group, the delegates’ congress that ought to have been held yesterday to identify party members that would participate in the direct mode of primary was not held, and the validation exercise was not thoroughly done.

Chairman of the group, Tade Ojo, who spoke with newsmen in Akure, the state capital, said that with the development, the grounds had been prepared for the alleged manipulation of the shadow primary.

Ojo alleged moves to produce fake membership cards for some people who are non- members of the APC to participate in the primaries. R EACTING to the allegations, the Spokesperson of Lucky Aiyedatiwa Campaign Organisation Foot Soldiers ( LACO- FS), Kayode Fasua, maintained that the confirmation of membership in the party would not be done manually.

He said: "The pre- requisite for voting is the party’s membership card, which will be confirmed digitally. Thank God the attack is no longer on Aiyedatiwa by these lie manufacturers.

"Let them challenge the party’s leadership over their grievances, and I am sure they will get satisfactory answer." M EANWHILE, a female governorship aspirant under the platform of the APC Funmi Waheed- Adekojo, has raised a cautionary flag regarding the position of the leadership of the party on the issue of the unwritten zoning arrangement in the state.

Waheed- Adekojo, who expressed concern over the stance of the party on the issue, said that the emphasis on zoning could potentially have counterproductive consequences for the party.

The governorship aspirant, who spoke with newsmen in Akure, the state capital, stressed the importance of prioritising competency over any unwritten zoning arrangement in the emergence of candidates for the governorship poll.