Four Aspirants on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the position of the House of Representatives in Ondo East/ West Federal constituency, have rejected the purported adoption of Hon Abiola Makinde as the party’s Consensus Candidate to enable him recontest for the third term.
The Aspirants namely; Dr. Jibayo Adeyeye, Hon. Ade Adeniyi, Hon Bola Fisayo and Dr. Michael Ajilo, described the political move as an imposition that can not be accepted by them, calling on the party’s leadership to conduct free and fair direct primary to choose Candidate for the federal constituency.
They told newsmen after their joint meeting in Ondo that all of them have obtained nomination and expression of interest forms, signalling that they are fully prepare for the direct primary as stipulated in the laws.
The Aspirants insisted that they were never part of any consensus arrangement leading to the endorsement of any candidate for our federal constituency, hence their total rejection and called for a Direct primary.
In a Communique issued at the end of the meeting held on Thursday and jointly signed, the Aspirants said “We the undersigned aspirants of the ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS (APC) for the position of member House of Representatives (MHR) Ondo East/West Federal Constituency, (Hon Ade Adeniyi, Otunba Bola Fisayo, Dr Michael Ajilo and Hon Jibayo Adeyeye), following our quest to serve our community in representative capacity, state as follows:
“That we are members of APC. That we have all obtained the Expression of Interest and Nomina on form to contest the forthcoming primary Elec on of our party.
“We are not part of any consensus arrangements leading to the endorsement of any candidate for our cons federal constituency.
“We are aware of the yearnings and aspirations of our constituents concerning fielding of credible candidates to represent us at the National Assembly.
“We are also aware that the issue of poor representation is a topical issue in Ondo kingdom for which our constituents are greatly affected.
“That we have offered ourselves as credible alternatives in the APC. That we are discussing amongst ourselves and will come up with a consensus in due course.
“That we release this communique to reassure our constituents that help and indeed renewed hope is on the way,” they said.
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