APC Chairman Ganduje Appeals To Aggrieved Ondo Governorship Aspirants To Support Aiyedatiwa

• APC National Chairman Abdullahi Ganduje urges aggrieved aspirants to drop petitions against Ondo governorship primary winner Lucky Aiyedatiwa

• Ganduje met with the 14 aggrieved aspirants, appealing to them to rally around Aiyedatiwa for APC to win the November election

• At least five aspirants, including Senator Jimoh Ibrahim, had submitted petitions seeking the cancellation of the primary election

Eko Hot Blog reports that the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, has urged aggrieved aspirants in last Saturday’s Ondo State governorship primary to drop their petitions against Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa, who won the poll.

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The Chairman of the Ondo State Governorship Primary Election and Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo, declared Aiyedatiwa the winner of the governorship primary with 48,569 votes, defeating 15 other APC aspirants.

However, some protesting Ondo APC youths, displeased with the development, called for the cancellation of the poll.

Meanwhile, Ganduje met with all the 14 aggrieved aspirants and appealed to them to bury their grievances and rally around Aiyedatiwa so the APC could win the November 16 governorship election.

No fewer than five of the aspirants, including Senator Jimoh Ibrahim, Olusola Oke, Folakemi Omogoroye, Olugbenga Edema, Jimi Odimayo, and Wale Akinterinwa, had submitted petitions seeking the cancellation of the election.

Addressing the aggrieved aspirants, Ganduje said, “I have to thank you for honouring our invitation in the shortest time available and also considering the emotional distress as a result of the primary that was conducted a few days ago.”

He added, “Our own is to appeal to you. We in the party here are just insiders and outsiders. We are saying this because it is our party. It is also the ruling party in Ondo State and we are managers of the party in Nigeria.”

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Ganduje emphasized that the focal point should be for the APC to remain the ruling party in Ondo State, urging the aspirants to support Aiyedatiwa for the party’s success in the November election.

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