The Ekiti state chapter of the All Progressives Congress
(APC) says the governorship primary election in the state has not been
postponed.
The state primary election is slated for today.
Earlier in the day, Opeyemi Bamidele, senator representing
Ekiti central, asked the APC to cancel the primary election, alleging
irregularities, high-handedness, intimidation, and state-induced violence
characterising the exercise.
Bamidele alleged that those on the election committee are
aides of Kayode Fayemi, the governor, who are working to ensure that Biodun
Oyebanji, a governorship aspirant, gets the party’s ticket.
Oyebanji is believed to be backed by Fayemi and Niyi
Adebayo, minister of trade.
TheCable had also reported that seven governorship aspirants
on the platform of the APC withdrew from the primary election over the
allegation that the committee is made up of Fayemi’s loyalists.
In a statement, Victor Olabimtan, secretary of the primary election
committee, said the exercise will take place as scheduled in all the 177 wards
of the state.
The committee assured the public of a level-playing field
for all aspirants.
“The Ekiti State APC governorship primary election Committee
wishes to assure the general public that a level playing field that will
guarantee fairness, openness and transparency has been adopted by the
Committee,” the statement reads.
“It is an incontrovertible fact that every member of the
appointed Electoral Officers for today’s primary election is a bonafide member
of Ekiti State APC.
“You will recall that during the stakeholders’ meeting
between the Committee, aspirants and others yesterday, this issue was raised
and exhaustively discussed, and to reinforce confidence in the process, it was
agreed that each aspirant should nominate 20 people each to be part of the
process. All the aspirants took advantage of this window of opportunity and
submitted the list of their nominated electoral officers.
“All the submitted lists have been added to the existing
arrangement, assigned into various wards and local governments. They have all
been incorporated.”
The committee called on APC members in the state to go to
their wards and exercise their voting rights “without fear or intimidation”.
“The adopted option A4 is the most transparent form of
election,” it added.
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