APC Members Protest Exclusion from Oyo State Rep Primaries

Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ibadan North West and Ibadan South West Local Government Areas staged a protest at the party secretariat in Ibadan on Saturday, alleging they were excluded from the ongoing House of Representatives primary election.

The aggrieved APC members claimed that organisers denied them participation in the process. They said that in Wards 1 to 12 of Ibadan South West, about ten people per ward were allegedly selected and taken to another location to sign documents.

They further alleged that a similar arrangement took place in Ibadan North West, where another group of ten individuals was reportedly chosen and made to append signatures without a transparent electoral procedure.

The protesters described the situation as unfair, asserting that it amounted to an attempt to impose preferred candidates on the constituencies rather than allowing a credible and inclusive primary election.

In response, Mojeed Alabi, Chairman of the APC Primary Election Committee in Oyo State, said that disputes and complaints are common in electoral processes.

He advised dissatisfied members to formally present their grievances to the party’s primary election appeal committee after the exercise concludes, where such issues would be duly reviewed and addressed.