Oyo PDP, as Teslim Folarin, emerged as the party’s candidate for Oyo State. A former Senate Leader Teslim Folarin, emerged as the party’s candidate for Oyo State. The outcome of the primary which was conducted through the use of statutory delegates is being contested by another aspirant, Seyi Makinde, who stayed away from the venue. The statutory delegates used comprised members of the state executive and the Board of Trustees in the state, the National Assembly members elected from the state, their counterparts in the House of Assembly and five delegates from all the 33 councils in the state. A total of 211 delegates voted in the primary with Folarin having 167 votes. Former Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala, who also stayed away from the exercise, had two votes while a former Deputy Governor to Alao-Akala, Mr. Hazeem Gbolarumi, had 12 votes. However, Alao-Akala, who addressed his supporters in Ogbomoso while the primary was going on in Ibadan, said he was still in the race for the governorship election. He added that he would announce his next political move soon. The ex-governor said, “We cannot but experience such travail as we are going through at this time but we should be conscious of what moves we make because it’s not a personal decision; people have been involved and they shall be duly involved in making any further decision. “With your support, I am still in the race and we are going to participate and win the 2015 election by God’s grace. There is no cause to panic or worry about anything.” Makinde also protested the outcome of the primary in a letter addressed to the National Chairman of the PDP, Adamu Mu’azu. The letter which was copied to the Presidency was signed by his lawyer, Ikechukwu Ezechukwu. Makinde warned that if the PDP decided to wave aside the ruling of a Federal High Court in Abuja on the suit instituted by Mr. Adelowo Aremu, which recognised delegates that were produced in the rescheduled ward congress, it (PDP) might not field a candidate for 2015 elections in the state. The letter read in part, “The terms of the said judgment are clear and unequivocal that no primary elections of PDP in Oyo State will be valid unless and except the delegates, who voted at the said primary are those who were elected at the various wards in the state during the November ward delegates congress. “The court further ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission not to accept, recognise or deal with any candidate whose nomination was derived from party primary in Oyo State based on the votes of delegates other than those elected at the ward congress as such primary stood null and void and of no effect.”
Posted on: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 05:21:36 +0000
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