Ondo Governorship Primary: We Followed Constitution To Avoid Loopholes – Ganduje

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By Emmanuel Mogbede

The All Progressives Congress (APC) says its Constitution and due process were followed to ensure that there is no loopholes in the just concluded Ondo State Governorship primary election.

APC National Chairman, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, said this on Tuesday in Abuja, when Gov. Ahmed Ododo of Kogi and Chairman of the party’s Ondo State Governorship Primary Election Committee submitted the committee’s report.

Ganduje, while thanking members of the committee for a job well done, said that Ododo made history by giving the assignment his very best.

“You have made history because this is your first national assignment outside Kogi, we thank you and your members for giving the assignment your best.

“On our part, we followed the Constitution to ensure that no loophole was observed during the exercise, I followed you and your team closely from our observation room.

“And you followed the procedure from the collation, this report is very important to us, we will study it and there after, a Certificate of Return will be issued to the winner of the primary,” he said.

The National Chairman called on the other aspirants and the party’s stakeholders to join forces with Gov. Lucky Ayedatiwa, the state’s incumbent governor, who won the primary to ensure its victory at the Nov. 16 governorship election.

Earlier, Ododo thanked members of the party in the state for the cooperation the committee received and assured that the party would come out stronger and emerge victorious in the coming governorship election.

He also called on other aspirants to unity and join forces with Ayedatiwa, saying that this was critical to ensure the party’s victory in the forthcoming governorship election.

Ododo assured that he would not abuse the privilege given to him to serve as Kogi governor and as chairman of the committee.

“I hereby submit the results confirmed from 18 Local Government Areas of the state, which covered the whole activities that happened during the primary, the aspirants and their votes.

“I thank the party’s leadership for giving the committee the opportunity to serve, I am ready to perform in any other national assignments in future,” he said.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Gov. Aiyedatiwa got 48,569 votes in the primary to beat his closest rival Mayowa Akinfolarin, who polled 15,343 votes in the election, while Olusola Oke came third with 14,865 votes. NAN

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