Obanikoro in rejecting the results, said the exercise was fraught with intimidations and other forms of malpractices
Former minister of state for defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, has rejected the outcome of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Lagos West Senatorial primaries, saying that the processes were flawed.
He said he was displeased with the process and eventual outcome of the primary held on Saturday.
Obanikoro, one of the three aspirants that contested for the party’s ticket, made this known shortly after the exercise was concluded at the Agege Stadium.
Vanguard quotes the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) as reporting that the APC Electoral Returning Officer, Emeka Okafor, who announced the result, said Obanikoro scored 119 votes while Mrs. Idiat Adebule, a former deputy governor of Lagos state, scored 424 votes to emerge winner of the primaries.
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Obanikoro, however, rejected the result, saying that the exercise was fraught with intimidations and other malpractices which he would address with the party in due course.
The former minister reiterated his earlier stand that the acclaimed winner was not even qualified to stand for the election.
“This is because she did not participate in the electoral process of obtaining the Expression of Interest and Nomination Forms, nor did she participate in the screening which she did not also submit to.
“Therefore, it is obvious that the exercise was designed to favour the acclaimed winner who was not even qualified to stand for the election,” he said.
Obanikoro said that his grievances and all other necessary steps would be made formal to the party.