How Aiyedatiwa weaponised converse energy in opposition to democracy in Ondo North —APC Aspirant, Ajipe

Earlier than the 2027 overall elections, Chief Alexander Oluremi Ajipe, All Progressives Congress, APC, senatorial aspirant in Ondo North, has alleged that the rep together’s foremost leads to four of six native govt areas within the district were manipulated.

Addressing a press convention, the day long past by, in Owo, Ajipe explained that he obtained in Owo and Ose native govt areas the build honest exercise used to be held actual via the senatorial foremost conducted on Monday, Would possibly perchance also simply 18, 2026, but insisted that results from Akoko Northwest, Akoko Northeast, Akoko Southeast and Akoko Southwest native govt areas failed to mirror what took build on the sphere and results of the four council areas were fraudulently allocated.

At the APC Bid Secretariat in Akure, the Chairman of the Nationwide Assembly Most fundamental Election Committee, Hon. Iboroma Harry Dabibi, had, on Tuesday, launched that “Gbenga Elegbeleye polled 28,062 votes to emerge winner,. Ajipe Alex secured 17,313 votes, while incumbent Senator Olajide Ipinsagba recorded 9,819 votes.

“Adeogun Adejoro polled 3,845 votes, Abdul Tunji Muhammed secured 1,076 votes, while Michael Adeyanju recorded 640 votes.”

Nonetheless, reacting, Ajipe known as on the APC Nationwide Working Committee (NWC) to seem at the declaration of the Ondo North senatorial foremost results and repeat him the winner since he used to be the one with validly counted votes.

The aspirant commended the Minister of Internal, Hon Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, for intervening and refrained from disaster the senatorial foremost can own triggered, and expressed dissatisfaction with the roles allegedly performed by Governor Fortunate Aiyedatiwa in imposing Elegbeleye.

Ajipe acknowledged, “The Ajipe Democratic Motion [ADM] categorically rejects the purported declaration of Hon. Gbenga Elegbeleye as the winner of the APC Ondo North Senatorial Most fundamental held on Would possibly perchance also simply 18, 2026.

“What took build within the 4 Akoko LGAs used to be now not an election. It used to be allocation of votes in fleshy daylight hours. In Akoko Southwest, Akoko Northeast, Akoko Northwest, and Akoko Southeast, collation and returning officers obtained APC members to put in writing results on gross sheets of paper with the promise of transferring them to the legit end result sheets at the LG collation center.

“After gathering the papers, the officers disappeared. They never showed up at the LG collation centers, or at the statutory senatorial headquarters collation level in Owo. Various versions of results then flooded social media, followed by the charade declaration of Hon. Gbenga Elegbeleye online.

“A supreme overview of events sooner than the disruption shows that I was main in Akoko Southeast; Hon. Ade Adeogun used to be clearly main in Akoko Southwest; Hon. Jide Ipinsagba used to be main in Akoko Northwest, followed by Engr. Mike Adeyanju and myself; and in Akoko Northeast, Hon. Jide Ipinsagba and Hon. Gbenga Elegbeleye were head-to-head, followed by Chief Abdul.

“Earlier than these standings might perchance well very properly be formally collated, the returning and collation officers disappeared and voting ended with out discover. No supplies, no accreditation, no voting, no honest collation. This is an assault on democracy and an quick insult to APC members who was out in correct faith.

“We condemn the governor’s undemocratic tendencies.

Your complete job used to be handed over to the governor’s  political pals and his anointed aspirant.

“The Most fundamental Committee and its technical crew appointed by the APC Nationwide Secretariat used to be presupposed to divide itself and supervise the three senatorial districts for efficient supervision and monitoring . As a replace, the committee split into two factions, one headed by the chairman and one more by the secretary and ceded every thing to the governor’s camp.

“When the rep together’s possess panel is fractured and compromised, what hope is there for equity?

“We treasure the Hon. Minister of Internal. We acknowledge and thank the Hon. Minister of Internal for his stand actual via the job to operate particular peace and equity, even once we least expected it. His intervention helped detached tensions and reminded us that there are peaceable leaders within the rep together who mark justice over imposition.

“This shows the governor is disconnected from the grassroots.

Resorting to vote allocation proves he’s now not properly-liked by the folks and out of tune with the realities of the general man.

“The rep together dangers repeating history. In 2015, with no APC governor in Ondo, we obtained the presidential election overwhelmingly. In 2019, with an APC governor, we lost. If this injustice stands, Mr. President might perchance well simply change into the largest sufferer again in 2027.”

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