Governor Gboyega Oyetola appeared to have the upper hand in the All Progressives Congress governorship primary contest in Osun State.
At Ifofin Ward 8 in Ilesa East Local Government Area, the incumbent governor defeated Moshood Adeoti, who was supported by the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola. Aregbesola, who was absent during the exercise, hails from the area.
Oyetola won with 309 votes, compared to 146 for Aregbesola’s preferred candidate, Moshood Adeoti.
Adegoke Saheed, the APC factional chairman in the ward, alleged manipulation. He said that the party registry utilized for the exercise was a fabrication..
He also told reporters that Aregbesola will not be present for the primary election.
He said, “We concluded voting but it is unfortunate that the process did not go smoothly. They brought a party register that was not the original. I supervised the registration and I told those that brought the register that it was not the original.
“So people that are supporting us, we could not find their names in the register. I told them the list has been doctored but they did not listen to me. When they wanted to count, they said those that voted for Oyetola are over 300 and when they counted those that voted for us up to 146, they disrupted the exercise and said they should not count again.
“They didn’t bring the result sheet. They just packed their papers and ran away. This is the ward of Hon Minister, Rauf Aregbesola. I was told when I asked about his whereabouts that Ogbeni went on official assignment. He was not around.”
