Akinlade has been declared the winner of Ogun State Governorship primaries by the All Progressives Congress (APC) State Chapter, as against the result and winner announced by the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party.
Honourable Adekunle Akinlade, a current member of House of Representatives (Yewa South/Ipokia Federal Constituency) and the anointed candidate of Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, was declared as the winner of the governorship direct primaries held on Tuesday 2nd October 2018.
Making the declaration today at the APC State Secretariat in Abeokuta, the Chairman of APC in the state, Chief Derin Adebiyi said Akinlade polled the highest number of valid votes in the primaries.
The result of the primaries showed that Akinlade scored 190,987 votes, leaving Jimi Lawal in a distant second position with 5,046 votes. Dapo Abiodun garnered 3,648 votes. He was trailed by Abimbola Ashiru with 898 votes, Adegbenga Kaka with 833 votes and Abayomi with 208 votes.
Adebiyi said:
“In compliance with the constitution of our party and the guidelines released by the National Working Committee (NWC) All Progressives Congress”.
The Ogun State chapter had constituted a local government and ward election committees that conducted the primaries in the 236 wards of the state.
He disclosed that:
“The Election Committee from the National headquarters of the party in Abuja directed that the governorship primaries should be held on 2nd October 2018 which prompted the closure of all primary and secondary schools by the state government for the exercise. Therefore, the governorship primaries were conducted and monitored by the relevant agencies” He said.
This announcement now means Ogun State now has two Governorship candidates under APC which are Dapo Abiodun who was announced the winner by APC Abuja NWC and Governor Amosun backed Akinlade who was declared the winner of the primaries by the State APC chapter.
The National Leadership of the party are yet to reacts to this latest development, as party members in the State are divided as to their preferred candidate for the 2019 Governorship election.