“So, four of the six members opted for Chief Olusola Oke, while one opted for a technocrat, whose identity was not disclosed and one opted for a female aspirant.”
Although the major opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party , is expected to reap from the crisis in APC, the issue of consensus candidacy has also reared its ugly head in PDP, thereby whittling down its chances.
Across the state’s 18 councils, aggrieved party leaders had organised themselves into a formidable force under the aegis of APC Unity Forum, a pressure group that vows to stop Akeredolu’s second term bid. After several attempts to reconcile the warring factions proved futile, the faction instituted a seven-man committee in February, headed by Omogunwa, to pick a consensus candidate, who would fight Akeredolu in the party’s primary.
But the committee serially issued statements to denounce rumour that certain aspirant had emerged as the party’s consensus candidate. But committee secretary, Ehindero, alongside three others, kicked against Chief Oke’s emergence, accusing Olanusi and Omogunwa of attempting to rubbish the group’s integrity.
Meanwhile, there is rumour that some top APC members are considering moving to PDP, if they fail to realise their political aspiration in the forthcoming primary election. “To the best of our knowledge, the other aspirants are still discussing amongst themselves on the possibility of a consensus candidate. Our expectation is that by July 2020, an APC candidate will emerge from a formal primary and will move on to emerge as Ondo State governor in October of 2020 by God’s grace,” he said.
A source close to Olanusi, Mr. Abisola Babatope, had earlier blamed Boroffice for all the crises in the group, alleging that he was sponsoring another group, Unity Mandate Agenda, to scuttle the selection process. Shedding light on the ulterior motives behind the committee, the Chairman and Secretary of APC Elders Forum, High Chief S. A. Idris and Chief Bayo Olafusi, expressed dismay at the former Deputy Governor’s action.
“The Secretary and two other members, Mrs. Kemi Iyantan and Prince Solagbade Amodeni of the seven-man screening Committee were sidelined in the preparation of the said report. Only the chairman and three others, who are Alhaji Ali Olanusi’s cronies prepared the purported report.” “Who elected me? When did they elect me,” he queried. “I founded Unity Forum. Those people that called themselves Elders Forum and leaders of the party, who is greater than me among them? They are wasting their time.”
Defending the screening committee over financial inducement accusation, Senator Omogunwa said they only received N1.2m as cheerful donation from some aspirants.
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