Leaders of the ruling All Progressive Congress in Ondo state, have raised the alarm over alleged plan to recruit thugs to disrupt the April 20 governorship primary election.

Speaking on behalf of leaders of the party in Akure, the state capital, Adewale lbraheem, said that

” there are credible indications that the 20^th April, 2024 exercise, meant to elect the candidate of the party, may be threatened and eventually aborted.

Adewale, said that ” there are plans to recruit 50 thugs in each of the local government areas in Ondo state to scuttle the primary election.

He alleged that “the Red – Beret supporters the governor have perfected plans to disrupt the APC primary election.

” It has come to our notice through a credible source in the camp of Aiyedatiwa supporters that plans have been perfected by Aiyedatiwa’s political foot soldiers to scuttle the APC primary, baring any last minute counter moves.

“A meeting was held in Akure, and it was coordinated by a senior cabinet member in Akure. At the meeting, it was approved that anywhere in all the 18 local.government areas of the state where the incumbent is unpopular and may lose election, the election in such place must be disrupted and the election must never be allowed to stand.

” Fund shall be provided to recruit 50 thugs in each of the 18 local governments, to forment trouble on 20^th April 2024, and discredit the APC primary.”

“It is evident that Aiyedatiwa is losing out, and he wants to drag everybody down, including the APC in Ondo State.”

“His support base is weak, and the strategists to his aspiration are of the opinion that the power of incumbency be used to waste the fortunes of the APC in Ondo State,”

In a swift response, the state director of information of Aiyedatiwa’s campaign group, Kayode Fasua, said that “Party members bandying this cooked-up story are the enemies of the party

‘Yes, Aiyedatiwa is contesting the party’s next governorship ticket, but the enormous task before him does not give room for the conjecture of raising thugs or anything of the stuff.

“He is a busy man; one who closes work at 1:am and resumes 8:am.

“The meeting under reference was an Akure meeting held by APC members in the locality, to appraise the performance of the campaign efforts within the local government, thence far. Nothing more.

Fasua said “Therefore,desperadoes within the APC should readdress themselves and give vent to party rules and regulations, by stopping mudslinging Mr. Governor in the belief that he is a simple man, and can’t do anything. (Sunday Vanguard)

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