One of the defeated governorship aspirants in Lagos State on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Barrister Tokunbo Wahab, has protested the result of the just concluded primary election of the party in the state.
A statement he released on Friday, after the result of the election was delivered, said the election had been planned to favour Akinwunmi Ambode, the winner of the election, adding that the exercise was marred by irregularities.
The statement revealed that Wahab along with the ten other aspirants, expressed his displeasure about the manner in which the governorship primaries which took place on Friday at Onikan have been conducted.
“The primary election and the process that goes with it were shrouded in secrecy and unprecedented bare-faced irregularities,” Wahab said.
He added that if APC, a party in the fore-front of the ‘Change Movement’ could subject itself to a shoddy, suspicious preparation, what then is the moral justification for blaming the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) regarding the flop in the Voter Registration and PVC distribution in Lagos State?
He stated that his position and that of the 10 aspirants have been consistent in the last few weeks from various consultative meetings.
These include: Provision of adequate notice being given to all aspirants prior to the primaries as provided by party and INEC constitutions and
– that delegates’ list should be provided to all well before time as well.
“My agent did not receive the so-called list until early hours of this morning,” Wahab said.
“As at today, even as the charade referred to as primaries was going on, it was not clear if we were using the 20 LGAs or 57 LGA and LCDAs.
“We made our position known to the national leadership yesterday and we only attended today to observe and possess proofs of various irregularities.
“I can say categorically, that what happened today was not a primary but a pre-orchestrated drama. We shall be making our positions known to the party and INEC within the next few hours and we shall pursue this to a logical, legal conclusion.”
