Ondo APC Primary: 3 More Aspirants Quit Race For Akeredolu As Kekemeke Kicks

'Dotun Akintomide
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After Mr. Ifeoluwa Oyedele quit the All Progressives Congress‘ primary race in Ondo last night to back incumbent Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, three more aspirants have followed suit.

The aspirants: Dr Olusegun Abraham, Mr. Jimi Odimayo and Dr Nathaniel Adojutelegan quit the race hours to the commencement of the APC primary.

According to them, they took the decision in a bid to move the party forward.Ondo APC

Read also: Ondo 2020: How Gov Akeredolu, Deputy Went From Bickering To War

But one of the guber aspirants, Hon Isaac Kekemeke has faulted the process that led to the indirect primaries that will produce the candidate of the party ahead of Governorship poll in October.

Kekemeke said that the committee led by Governor Yahaya Bello was not fair to many of the governorship aspirants.

“I said as much to Governor Yahaya Bello and his team.

“For me this process is unfair. It is aimed at producing a predetermined result because all we have heard about this election had been heard through government officials, Sources that are friendly or campaigning for the governor to return.”

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