Crisis in Ondo APC as leaders call for fresh primaries
– Ondo market leaders reject party guber candidate Akeredolu
– The women say Abraham is the only one who they believe can rescue the masses from the debilitating effects of pore governance in the state
Amidst the controversies that have trailed the September 3 primary elections of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Ondo state, the Association of Commodity Market Women and Men Nigeria (ACMWAMN) have come out to publicly drum support for one of the aspirants, Dr. Olusegun Abraham.
According to the women, Abraham who finished runner up in the election is the only one who they believe can rescue the masses from the debilitating effects of pore governance in the state.
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Chief Segun Abraham was backed by Tinubu for the election
They have also added that the party must give a practical redress to settle the agitation against the allegations of fraud that have since rocked the election that produced Rotimi Akeredolu as winner.
Speaking on Wednesday, September 14, at their secretariat in Akure, Olabisi Ojo Babatunde, the Iyaloja General said: “We the market women and men of Ondo state are true progressives, and this move to align with the progressives started since the days of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), and this time around, we are united in the decision to throw our weight behind Olusegun Abraham to rescue this state from the poverty experienced by the masses.”
She added further: “As stakeholders in determining how the state functions or otherwise, we believe that this is our way of contributing to the achievement of better governance in Ondo state.
“The state deserves a leader with integrity who understands how to make money and how to make money flow within the polity, we have met almost all the people aspiring to govern the state as from next year, and we have seen by his antecedence that Abraham is the most fit for the job, no doubt.”
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According to her, the iyalojas and its executive members in the state are constituted to act as liason officers between the APC and the teeming members of the ACMWAMN to ensure smooth working relationship that would translate into mutual benefit.
Thus, she further appealed to the party to resolve the petitions against the September 3 primary election as soon as possible in order to pave way for a chance of a truly free and fair primary.
He said: “We join many of the well-meaning voices that have rejected that primary election that was unfortunately marred by fraud. It should not stand. Therefore, we appeal to the party headquarter and party leadership of the APC to resolve this electoral fraud issue quickly, in order to allow the people make a better choice in a truly free and fair primary which we are sure Abraham will emerged victorious.
“In fact, the 18 of us, all the Iyalojas from all the 18 local governments in Ondo just made our stance known to our national leader, the Iyaloja-General of Nigeria, Alhaja Folasade Tinubu-Ojo, and we believe they stand by us to support a practical governor in Abraham, for our state.”
The group is the umbrella body of the Association of Commodity Market Women and Men of Nigeria (ACMWAMN) under the Iyaloja-General of Nigeria, Alhaja Folasade Tinubu-Ojo.
NAIJ.com recalls that Dr. Segun Abraham, runner up in the APC governorship primaries in Ondo state, recently rejected the results of September 3 results, following the emergence of Rotimi Akeredolu as the party’s flag bearer.
Akeredolu polled 669 votes to defeat Abraham, who was the front-line aspirant.
Twenty-four aspirants jostled for the party’s ticket in the governorship primary election.
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