A gubernatorial aspirant under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo state, Senator Hamzat Ademola Adeseun has called for a cancelation of ongoing gubernatorial primary election of the party.
The election, which commenced with accreditation of delegates from the 33 local government areas of the state, DAILY POST reports, is currently taking place at the Obafemi Awolowo Stadium (formerly Liberty Stadium), Oke Ado, Ibadan, the state capital.
Present at the venue are chieftains of the party among whom are: Chairman of the party, Alhaji Kunmi Mustapha, Senator Hosea Agboola and Elder Wole Oyelese.
But, Adeseun after going round the venue of the primary to ascertain the level of preparedness by the electoral committee, called for immediate cancelation of the election over what he described as “alteration of the list”.
Adeseun, who said that he has petitioned the screening committee monitoring the ongoing primary, alleged doctoring of the delegates’ list.
The PDP chieftain, while addressing journalists at the venue of the primary election, further alleged that the party’s leadership was trying to use illegal means to give the ticket to somebody, stressing that, “I will not be a party to that”.
He added that, “It may interest you to know that even in my local government, 56 names were fraudulently inserted into the delegates’ list.
“And people who were never delegates were brought in here. We have written a letter to the chairman of the primary committee that this process is seriously flawed.
“Because we knew this thing was going to happen; we suspected it and we wrote a letter to the National Chairman about 10 days ago and up till today the Chairman of the party and neither the Secretary nor the Organizing secretary has replied.
“If as at yesterday, I could not see the delegates’ list until few hours ago, it shows that something is fishy and I cannot be a party to such an arrangement.”
Adeseun shortly after the interview with journalists, left the mainbowl of the stadium around 1:38pm accompanied by his entourage.
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