The Muhammad Ndabawa-led electoral committee sent to Ogun State by the National Working Committee(NWC) of the All Progressives Congress(APC) on Wednesday evening declared Prince Dapo Abiodun winner of the Direct governorship primary of Ogun APC for the 2019 gubernatorial election.

Declaring the result of the governorship primary election conducted on Wednesday throughout the 236 wards across the 20 Local Governments Area of Ogun State, the Chairman of the Committee, Muhammad Ndabawa, said Prince Abiodun polled 102, 305 votes to emerge winner.
Ndabawa added that other contestants – Jimi Lawal scored 51, 153 votes while Abimbola Ashiru polled 29, 764 votes.

Other contestants, Senator Gbenga Kaka got 17,771 votes and Abayomi Hunye 9,110 votes while Adekunle Akinlade scored 23, 443 votes

The electoral chairman for the state however noted that the declaration of Prince Dapo Abiodun winner of the primary and governorship candidate of APC in Ogun state for 2019 governorship election, is “subject to ratification by the National Working Committee” of the party.

Fielding questions from reporters regarding the primary earlier conducted by Committees set up by the Ogun state APC and subsequent declaration of Abdukabir Adekunle Akinlade winner and gubernatorial candidate by the state Chairman, Chief Derin Adebiyi, Ndabawa said he was ” not aware of such primary.”

He added that the Committee he led, is the “authentic body constituted by the NWC” to conduct and supervise governorship primary in the state in line with the party guidelines and constitution.

The announcement of Abiodun, an oil magnate and real estate operator from Iperu town in Ogun East Senatorial district of the state, came barely six hours after Akinlade was also declared winner in a primary conducted on Tuesday, allegedly, without the Committee from Abuja playing a part in it.

The state chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Chief Derin Adebiyi, had on Wednesday afternoon declared Governor Ibikunle Amosun’s man, Hon. Abdulkabir Adekunle Akinlade, as the winner of the purported governorship primary, allegedly, conducted by the governor’s caucus of the party.

Adekunle Akinlade, current member of House of Representatives (Yewa South/Ipokia Federal Constituency, polled 190,987 votes to emerge winner in the controversial direct primary conducted on Tuesday.

Other contestants – Jimi Lawal came in a distant second position with 5,046 votes while Dapo Abiodun garnered 3,648 votes followed by Abimbola Ashiru with 898 votes, Senator Gbenga Kaka with 833 votes and Abayomi Hunye with 208 votes.

Declaring Akinlade the winner on Wednesday at the APC State Secretariat on Abiola Way, Abeokuta, Adebiyi said Akinlade polled the highest number of valid votes in the primaries.

The state party chairman added that the primary was conducted throughout the 236 wards in Ogun by Local Government and ward election committees constituted by the state chapter of the party “in compliance with the constitution of our party and the guidelines released by the National Working Committee (NWC) All Progressives Congress.”

Adebiyi told reporters that he elected to announce the result and declared the winner instead of leaving it to be done by the Muhammad Ndabawa-led electoral committee, saying the committee was heavily compromised.

Adebiyi said: “the Committee was here and they were emphatic, after cancelling the exercise twice, the the election would hold yesterday, this is after we’ve submitted names of local committee and venues in obedience to the guideline.

“Yesterday morning, they still agreed that the primary would hold and we mobilised to our different wards but we waited endlessly as the phone numbers or committee members were switched off and electoral materials not available.

“Up till now, we don’t know the whereabouts of the committee and we’ve not seen them at the party’s Secretariat. They’ve been heavily and highly compromised.

“The guideline is straight and unambiguous, its open secret ballot which is option A4 but they said they brought ballot papers from Abuja, in a direct primary? To do what?”
The party chairman noted that the Election Committee from the National headquarters of the party in Abuja directed that the governorship primaries should be held on 2nd October 2018 which prompted the closure of all primary and secondary schools by the state government for the exercise.

According to him, “the governorship primaries were conducted and monitored by the relevant agencies.”

APC NWC Panel declares Abiodun winner of Ogun governorship primaries
http://thenationonlineng.net/apc-nwc-panel-declares-abiodun-winner-of-ogun-governorship-primaries/

As expected. Inconclusive declaration

Hmmmm, APC have spoilt Nigeria

Una gree?




Cos the song "we no go gree o o we no go gree...... " has been adopted as the party anthem of APC

Confusion

PDP better find a better candidate to match up this guy, other party are still sleeping.

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Dapo Abiodun the next Governor of Ogun state. Congrats man

Hhhmmmm

Great development. Ibikunle Amosun is a colossal disaster in ogun state therefore we don’t want his stooge. Dapo Abiodun all the way

I hope we won't have parallel elections come 2019

Nawa

APC and there problems I wonder how 2019 will be d party is full of shit

Ghenghen, another film for ogun state people to shot on stage...... We are all ready to see the end of the film

Once you've been disavowed on the national level their online minions in Nairaland jump in to assassinate the individual's character they've just been praising a few threads down the line; quick question, does your vomits taste like sugar because at the rate of all these doubling down, there'd be a lot of going back to "one's vomit" happening?

Amosun here we come. Godfatherism won’t work in ogun state, Ask Obasanja and Gbenga daniel..

The degree of confusion displayed by APC, is unparalled in the anals of Nigerian politics!

Tinubu just having his way in d south west.

Where's his picture?

pope777:
The degree of confusion displayed by APC, is unparalled in the anals of Nigerian politics!

*Annal

I suspect that the NWC sighting their assignment as an avenue to enrich them selves through the primary election in some states, that's why they were confused and lost their respect from politicians as their misconduct is causing confusion and ridiculing APC.

My friend didn't win this one.....we will win some other time Sir

Thanks.

Hmmmm..... The minorities are even making noise too

Life drama
Pay back time for Amosun, he force Osoba and his cohorts out in 2015, now he will be force out too.
The scenario that played out in 2011 will be repeat.
Lado or GNI will emerge as the Governor

Trouble loading.
The desperation of the state governor to foist his anointed candidate, Akinlade, on the party is the cause of this confusion.
Who blinks first?

Amosun and rochas thought Ogun state and imo state are like Lagos. E no go work. They better accept the will of their people or else ego will let them loose to opposition easily. Keshinton adedibu and emeka ihedioha are not light weight politicians oooo. Tinubu will be laughing him now. Infact for imo state, APC had lost the state already, it's just a matter of time.

Amosun Is just been greedy and desperate. The party are against him imposing candidate on them. He wants a current senator to step down for him. He should have support akinlade underground. I saw akinlade dancing on channels TV yesterday night, he wasn't sure of what is happening. It was clearly written on his face.

Mccullum:
I suspect that the NWC sighting their assignment as an avenue to enrich them selves through the primary election in some states, that's why they were confused and lost their respect from politicians as their misconduct is causing confusion and ridiculing APC.

enough of Amosun in Ogun State... no to godfatherism no to dictatorship no to marginalisation of ijebus no to party disloyalty no to bruhahaha

And their foolish drama has just began

ijaola:
Amosun I'd just been greedy and desperate. The party are against him imposing candidate on them. He want the a current senator to step down for him. He should have support akinlade underground. I saw akinlade dancing on channels TV yesterday night, he wasn't sure of what is happening. It was clearly written on his face.

I watched it too and was wondering what is going on? where Amosun made mistake was how he just wanted to impose Akinlade by sheer force. Ogun state isn't like Lagos where one man can be doing Jagaban. From inception Ogun has been different, from Osoba to Daniels and now to Amosun....they all tried and failed. Imposition never works in Ogun state.