Abdullahi added that the Oluyemi Kayode Stadium, venue of
the previous exercise, will be used for the election.
“The previous exercise is hereby cancelled and the primary
will now start afresh at the same venue on Friday 11th May, 2018,” the APC
spokesman said.
“Existing primary committee is maintained, except the
secretary who will now be substituted.”
He said all the “unruly” agents who participated in the
previous election have been disqualified from the fresh primary election.
“All agents in the rescheduled primary election are hereby
barred from coming to the voting arena with their mobile phones,” Abdullahi
said.
“Security agents from other states will be mobilised to
secure the venue and officials in the rescheduled election. One person would be
appointed subject to the consensus of all aspirants to assist persons with
disability and illiterate voters. All aspirants must not leave their sitting
position unless with the approval of the primary committee aspirants would be
held vicariously liable for the conduct of their agents.”
The primary election which held on Saturday ended on an
inconclusive note as agents who said the process had been manipulated disrupted
the exercise.
They smashed ballot boxes and prevented delegates from
voting. Only delegates from four out of the 16 local government areas of the
state had voted when violence broke out.
Thirty-three aspirants partook in the botched exercise.
Kayode Fayemi, minister of mines and steel, who is one of
the aspirants seeking the APC ticket for the July 14 election, had blamed some
“desperate elements” for the crisis.
He accused Babafemi Ojudu, an adviser of President Muhammadu
Buhari, and Bimbo Daramola, a former house of representatives member, of
contributing to the poor outcome of the exercise which he said was going in his
favour.
Both Ojudu and Daramola are aspirants in the party.
Twenty-seven aspirants of the party had met in Ado Ekiti,
the state capital, on Sunday to demand a fresh primary election.
They also demanded the disbanding of the election committee
chaired by Al-Makura.
APC has up till Monday to present its candidate for July
election.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is currently holding its
primary. So far, the exercise has been peaceful.
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