By; BAYO AKAMO, Ibadan
A leading All Progressives Congress (APC) Oyo South Senatorial aspirant, Olooye Adegboyega Taofeek Adegoke on Monday, hinted of his pulling out of the re-run of the Senatorial primary election scheduled to hold Tuesday (May 31, 2022).
Olooye Adegoke who dropped this hint in a statement he personally signed and made available to journalists in Ibadan described the re run primary election as a charade.
According to the APC Chieftain, his decision to opt out of the re-run primary election ” is to protect his integrity rather than allowing some cabals within the party to use his name to legalize illegality.”
“I, Adegboyega Taofeek Adegoke (FCA), the Aare-Onibon Balogun of Ibadanland is pulling out of tomorrow Tuesday, 31, May, 2022 re-run primary election of APC Oyo South Senatorial. I am not ready to participate in a charade called re-run primary election that will not yield anything than to legitimise already preferred candidate by some cabal in the party”, he said
Olooye Adegoke added, ” I don’t want to be used to legalize illegality where results will just be allocated randomly to aspirants. For integrity purpose, I will be staying off the re-run primary election to protect my name and what I believe in”.
New Nigerian recalled that the Oyo South Senatorial District primary election earlier scheduled for Saturday was shifted to Sunday to protect the venue from thugs and supporters of some aspirants who had crowded the venue
On Sunday, despite the security arrangement at the venue, there was still irregularities in the conduct of the primary which led to 20.5% (98 votes) over voting.
The number of accredited delegates was 477 while the total votes cast was 575, with 98 over voting.
