Members of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo South Senatorial District on Tuesday staged a protest in Ore, the headquarters of Odigbo Local Government, rejecting the list of House of Representatives candidates released by the party’s National Secretariat, Peak Newspaper reports.
The demonstrators, who blocked major roads including Mobi along Okitipupa – Ondo Road, alleged that the list did not reflect the outcome of last month’s primaries.
They claimed that names of aspirants who lost the election were included, describing the move as an attempt to impose candidates on the party by the national level.
Carrying placards with inscriptions such as “We don’t want imposition in Ondo APC” and “ We says No To BTO Candidate’s,” the protesters demanded that the party leadership respect the will of members across the state’s 203 wards.
Odigbo LG APC chieftain, Alhaji Akeem Osho, dismissed the circulated list as fake, insisting it failed to represent the mandate of party members.
“We know those we voted for. What is being circulated online does not reflect the people’s choice,”
He accused the party’s national leadership of reshuffling names and attempting to impose candidates from outside the state.
All Progressives Congress protesters urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to intervene, stressing that the integrity of the primaries must be upheld.
