Segun James in Lagos and Ibrahim Oyewale in Lokoja
The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee (NWC) has commended the Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo, for his impressive performance in the just concluded Ondo State governorship primary election, where he served as chairman of the committee.
But a group supporting one of the aspirants, Chief Olusola Oke, Movement of Truth, has urged President Bola Tinubu to urgently intervene, even as he called for cancellation of the primaries.
National Chairman of the APC, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje gave this commendation while receiving the report of the election committee presented by Ododo at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja on Tuesday.
This was contained in a statement by the special adviser on media to the governor, Ismail Isah, in Lokoja.
Receiving the report, Ganduje congratulated the governor for a job well done and noted that the party was proud of his performance in the conduct of the governorship primary election, being the first national assignment of the governor.
He praised the leadership skill and manner the Ododo managed the primary election, adding that the collation of results from the 203 wards and the 18 council areas was viewed live on national television.
Earlier, Ododo thanked the APC National Working Committee for finding him and his committee members worthy of the all important national assignment.
Meanwhile, speaking on behalf of Movement of Truth, a political group that supported Oke in Lagos, Dr Benson Enikuomehin, appealed to the president to urgently look at the way the primaries were conducted, cancel it and order and one conducted.
Crying that the people of Ondo would not accept the “charade that was conducted on Saturday”, it claimed, “if APC should go ahead and accept this shenanigan, the people of Ondo won’t take it proper, it may affect the chances of the party.”
