The All Progressives Congress, APC, Osun State primaries for the Osun West senatorial district, was on Wednesday temporarily thrown into confusion as Ademola Adeleke, an aspirant for the ticket, brought a letter indicating his withdrawal from the race.
Mr. Adeleke, who is the younger brother of the late former senator occupying the seat, was cleared to become the sole candidate on Saturday after his rival, Mudashiru Hussein, was disqualified by the screening committee.
Although the primary was earlier slated for Tuesday June the 13, it was shifted to Wednesday.
A party spokesman, Kunle Ayatomi, confirmed that Mr. Adeleke withdrew from the race belatedly after the election process was well underway.
“The process has already started this morning when (Adeleke) brought a letter announcing his withdrawal from the race,” he said.
“But the process has already started and we cannot stop it, and so for us he is still contesting.”
Mr. Ayatomi however noted that he heard the rumour of his defection to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and that he had already been given the ticket to contest for the position.
0 comments:
Post a Comment