Ahead of the August 27 primaries of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Ondo state, 24 of the 25 aspirants yesterday kicked against a surreptitious plan by the party’s National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to impose Dr. Segun Abraham on the party.

Speaking on behalf of the aspirants, Dr Tunji Abayomi blamed the planned imposition on Tinubu, who they said was head bent to install Abraham. The 25 aspirants who had paid N7.5 million as nomination fees have begun screening race for the party’s primary fixed for August 27 at the national secretariat of the party in Abuja.

Although the party had denied the alleged imposition, Abayomi insisted that the planned imposition had been uncovered, saying such imposition by Tinubu was wrong as it would disrupt the normal democratic process of electing candidate for the party for the November 26 governorship election.

Abayomi, who painted graphic picture on how Tinubu allegedly summoned party leaders in the state to Lagos and directed them to work for Abraham and his emergence, said they would resist the National Leader’s plan as it was not acceptable to the majority of the aspirants.

Besides, he said they were ready to ensure that Tinubu’s planned imposition fail notwithstanding his alleged promise to spend huge sum of money for the leaders to ensure Abraham triumph at the party’s primary especially because the action was against the party’s constitution of the party.

Abayomi said: “I am speaking on behalf of the majority of the aspirants, we want to know whether this is true, and considering that we have a constitution that determines the procedure of electing a candidate.

“We are from Ondo State and we expect that our affairs should be largely controlled either by law or the people of Ondo State. So, we reject the government of leaders by the leaders to the privileged set of leaders. If Tinubu had now directed that this is the person he wants to use, that means that he is the one constituting government over the people to his own benefit.

dokyOloye:
Sai Tinubu.
The demystification of Jagaban is nigh.

Mynd44:

Nigerians are weird, you justify someone by yourself and then start claiming he is chasing you up and down then you go back to claim he is being demystified.

Why can't aspirants just go to a primary elections with their supporters and vote? If the delegates are bribed or cajoled, why not do yours? I dont see how that should be a problem.

Only folks with inferiority complexes run about shouting

Mynd44:

Nigerians are weird, you justify someone by yourself and then start claiming he is chasing you up and down then you go back to claim he is being demystified.

Why can't aspirants just go to a primary elections with their supporters and vote? If the delegates are bribed or cajoled, why not do yours? I dont see how that should be a problem.

Only folks with inferiority complexes run about shouting

wastedsperm:
Tinubu is greater than Nnamdi Azikwe

bejeiodus:
Where is the fairness in the process when it has been tailored to produce an anointed candidate? No matter how hard the other candidates try, they can never defeat the chosen candidate. If you are in doubt, make a quick search about the gubernatorial primary that produced Ambode as the governorship candidate of the APC. If all the thirteen candidates were allowed to test their strength without the overt support of Tinubu, Ambode could not have come fourth not to talk of being the flag bearer.

The electoral process is much more than queuing up on a selected Saturday to elect a leader. It starts right from the parties primaries. What is democratic about a leader foisting is political son on other members of his party? Is that not injurious to democracy? Tinubu loves to think himself as the political kingmaker in the Southwest, it is high time people rose to challenge his imperious authority.

wastedsperm:
Tinubu is greater than Nnamdi Azikwe

wastedsperm:
Tinubu is greater than Nnamdi Azikwe

nnokwa042:
in yoruba land? yes

naijaGhandi:
Tinubu is imposing so they say, mention candidates he's picked but got to office only to fail woefully. This is the same cry indigenes of ekiti were about but today they now understand that a tinubu's candidate is better than fayose for them. I wish them luck over there in ondo state. Ondo state is almost finished, no thanks to mimiko, anything short of a good administrator that can bring back the state from coma, I don't know how worse its economy would be

Mynd44:

Nigerians are weird, you mystify someone by yourself and then start claiming he is chasing you up and down then you go back to claim he is being demystified.

Why can't aspirants just go to a primary elections with their supporters and vote? If the delegates are bribed or cajoled, why not do yours? I dont see how that should be a problem.

Only folks with inferiority complexes run about shouting