Osun 2018: 12 Aspirants, Osun West APC Reject Direct Primary

No fewer than twelve gubernatorial aspirants on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and members of the party in Osun West senatorial district have rejected direct primary election being considered by the party to determine its candidate for the September 22nd governorship election in Osun State.

 

The National Chairman of the party had on Monday announced the adoption of Direct party primary for the emergence of the party’s flag bearer slated for Thursday 19th July saying it would facilitate the participation of all party members in the decision of who becomes the party’s candidate.

 

But addressing newsmen at the party secretariat in Iwo, the Osun West senatorial chairman, Hon. Amobi Akintola called on the National Working Committee of the party to revert the proclamation of direct party primaries for the conduct of the election without delay to avoid devastating effect for the party.

 

The District according to Akintola, demanded for the usage of delegates system for picking the party’s flag bearer not for selfish interest, adding that it is aimed at ensuring the representation of teeming members of the party in the choice of their candidate.

 

Akintola posited that delegates primary should be used because there is no verifiable data base of APC members from units level, nor at electoral ward or state level adding that there is no ascertained APC party members, Strength in Osun State. According to him, the party membership registration has never been updated since 2014 adding that the adoption of open primaries will lead to chaos of an unimaginable magnitude which would definitely weaken the party cohesion and strength.

 

The chairman of senatorial district said all the 12 aspirants that came from Osun West out of the total number of 17 aspirants from the entire state had met and resolved on the adoption of delegates primaries to elect who emerges as the party candidate for the election.

 

While supporting the action of 11- member state working committee that announced the suspension in office of the party chairman and secretary for the state, Akintola said since they were not part of the signatories to the purported letter requesting for direct primary for the conduct of the election, there is obvious attempt at imposing a candidate on members of the party.

Source: Leadership


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