Kayode Fayemi, minister of mines
and steel, walked out of the meeting which Bola Tinubu, a national leader of
the All Progressives Congress (APC), and some party leaders held with the
governorship aspirants of the APC in Ekiti state, on Tuesday.
The meeting took place at the
Lagos state government house in Asokoro, Abuja.
Some of the party leaders in
attendance were Bisi Akande, pioneer chairman of the party; Segun Osoba, former
Ogun state governor; Niyi Adebayo, former Ekiti state governor; and Pius Akinyelure;
zonal vice chairman of the APC in the south-west.
After discussing for like two
hours, they agreed on a break.
The minister, who walked out of
the room ahead of other aspirants and party leaders, ignored reporters who
approached him.
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Ojudu, Adaramola and some of the
aspirants
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He entered his car and his driver
sped off.
But Akande who spoke with
journalists said the outcome of the meeting would be presented to the national
working committee (NWC) of the party.
Asked if there were discussion on
a consensus candidate, he said it is an option since the party’s constitution
is not against it.
“Primary election is already
written in our constitution but all we want is the happiness the generality of
the leadership, the contestants and our party in general,” Akande said.
“We took a decision on what will
be the best advantage to our party and the country. Consensus is already
written in our constitution and it is an option.”
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Tinubu, Akande with the aspirants
during the break period
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Asked to comment on the
cancellation of Saturday’s primary, Akande said he was not part of the process
but said he would be part of avoid the repeat of the incident.
When the meeting reconvened
around 7:30pm, other aspirants were there but Fayemi and Ayo Arise, a former
senator, were not seen.
Tanko Al-Makura, governor of
Nasarawa state, and chairman of the election committee, joined the second part
of the meeting.
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Akande speaking with journalists
at the end of the meeting
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After the botched primary, Fayemi
accused Babafemi Ojudu, a presidential aide, and Bimbo Adaramola, a former
member of the house of representatives, of conspiring to thwart the exercise,
which he claimed was in his favour.
Delegates from four local
government areas had concluded voting when the exercise was disrupted. Fayemi
said he was leading in the votes cast.
The APC leadership has fixed July
11 for a fresh primary.
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