• Aspirants number hits 30, 12 pick forms, Amosun unfolds six-point agenda The All Progressives Congress has begun moves to adopt the consensus method at its presidential primary due to the high number of presidential aspirants which has almost hit 30, The PUNCH can confirm. Despite the decision of the party to peg the cost…
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Published 6 January 2021
For the ruling All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State, the search for unity among members has been elusive since the 2018 governorship election in the state and this has been compounded by the rumoured presidential ambition of Governor Kayode Fayemi and a national leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, which has polarised the party,
ABIODUN NEJO writes
Although the party was unable to resolve the varying issues that came up with some aggrieved members that time, the congresses that produced the executive of the party at the ward, local government and state levels added insult to injury.
The forum said Ajayi’s boss did not believe that the position should be zoned to South West as expressed on the national platform recently.
It would be recalled that Ajayi, the publicity secretary of the APC caretaker committee, weekend, said the party would drag Governor Fayemi into the 2023 presidential race.
Adegoroye, however, said that all the States in the South of Nigeria deserved a shot at the Presidency if it was agreed upon by the party’s national leaders.
He said the forum along with other eminent Yoruba leaders would canvass for the opportunity to produce the next President in 2023 from the zone.
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