Boroffice calls for cancellation of Ondo APC guber primary

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Boroffice calls for cancellation of Ondo APC guber primary

The senator representing Ondo northern senatorial district, Ajayi Boroffice yesterday called for the cancellation of the governorship primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State.
Boroffice, who came fourth, scored 471 votes in an election won by Mr. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu SAN, with 669 votes.

Also, a member of the House of Represenatives, representing Akoko South West / Akoko South East, Hon. Babatunde Kolawole said the election was characterized with malpractice.

The duo spoke at a reception rally organised by Kolawole and attended by thousands of indigenes of Oka town and its evirons, at the Palace of Olubaka of Oka-Akoko in Akoko South West local government, Oba Adebori Adeleye.

Borrofice said he was informed that those who were not delegates voted in the party’s primary election.

He said if the committee found the allegation to be true, he was expecting a total cancellation of the exercise.

He said “before the conclusion of the election, I kept hearing the rumor that the delegate list has been infiltrated.”

“That there are even some people who are not accredited, who are not even delegates but were given tags and induced to come and vote. And that has been substantiated now and it’s unfotunate.

“I am in support of total cancellation of the election, we must do it again”, Borrofice said.

When asked whether he will contest under another party if the primary election result was not cancelled, the lawmaker said he will not leave the APC under any condition.

He said “I am a loyal party man, I had the opportunity to leave the party in 2012 but I didn’t. I was one of the three people that remained then, among the aspirants.

“I am not in this party to be a governor. I am in this progressive party to help build Nigeria,

“And if I don’t become governor, another person will be a governor, as long as the process is free, fair and credible.”

?On his part, ?the Monarch said the town was happy for the performance of the Senator in the last Saturday primaries.

He said Boroffice stood tall among other aspirants in the election, adding that he had represented Oka town honourably.