By A governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, Wale Oluwo has kicked against the outcome of the party’s primary held on Thursday, describing the exercise as a “blatant rape of democracy”.
Incumbent governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu had earlier been declared winner of the governorship primary election held at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena, formerly known as Onikan Stadium.
However, Oluwo, a former Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources and close ally of immediate past governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, alleged that the delegates who partook in the election were handpicked by one of the factions of the Lagos APC, excluding all other aspiring delegates that bought the APC Delegates nomination forms.
He further claimed that the APC screening committee colluded with some “discomforted powerful individuals” to prevent him from participating in the primary election.
The aspirant made this known in a statement on Thursday evening, saying his exclusion from the governorship primary was “similar to the last Edo State episode where a sitting governor was denied participation in the internal democracy process of his party”.
“The extent to which these same individuals have succeeded in their desperate scheming will become apparent when the Screening Committee eventually decides to “release” the results of the screening (which is already 12 days in arrears), however the will of the people will not be subverted,” he said.
Oluwo finally urged his teeming supporters to remain calm and law abiding, despite the provocations, saying he would continue to seek redress from the internal dispute resolution mechanisms of the party, without foreclosing the enforcement of our rights to seek justice in the court of law.
