The Chairman of the seven-member committee for the conduct of the Ondo State All Progressives Congress governorship primaries, Usman Ododo, has declared the exercise inconclusive.
Recall that the party, held the governorship primary election across the 203 wards in the state on Saturday, April 20.
16 governorship aspirants participated in the exercise including the incumbent governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa
Ododo, who is also the governor of Kogi State, said elections will continue in Okitipupa on Sunday, the area where violence was reported to have disrupted the process.
In a statement on Saturday night, Mr Ododo said having received reports of the primary election from the 203 Wards in the 18 Local Governments of Ondo State, the primary election committee decided that fresh elections would be conducted in all the 13 wards of Okitipupa Local Government Area.
“Having received reports of the primary election from the 203 Wards in the 18 Local Governments of Ondo State, the Primary election Committee has decided that election will be conducted in all the 13 Wards of Okitipupa Local Government with total validated registered members of 9,515 because of validated reports that the exercise did not hold in the Local government due to late arrival of materials and personnel as a result of logistics challenges,” he said.
“Election in Okitipupa Local Government shall be conducted 12 noon on Sunday 21st April 2024.
“The final collation of the results will be done thereafter.”
Okitipupa is a stronghold of one of the aspirants and serving senator, Jimoh Ibrahim.
Meanwhile, five governorship aspirants of the party had called for the cancellation of the primary election of the party over alleged irregularities.
They are Olusola Oke, Olugbenga Edema, Wale Akinterinwa, Dayo Faduyile and Jimi Odimayo.
They asked the leadership of the APC to remove Mr Ododo as chairman of the electoral committee and repeat the process.
In separate statements, the aspirants alleged that there were no elections in the wards and that materials were not available at voting centres.
