A faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State loyal to Alhaji Moshood Adeoti, a governorship aspirant has discountenanced reports of the dismissal of a petition he lodged before the party governorship primary election appeal committee where he is complaining about the flawed election process.
A statement signed by the faction’s Publicity Secretary, Comrade Abiodun Agboola says that
In line with the guideline and timetable of the primary conducted on 19th February 2022, Alhaji Adeoti filed a petition to the Osun APC Governorship Primary Election Appeal Committee on Tuesday, 22nd February.
“His lawyers were at the National Secretariat of the APC on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday to meet the Appeal Committee (members). They were told that the National Secretariat was yet to constitute the committee and up till now, we are not aware of (composition of) any appeal committee on the Osun APC Governorship Primary”.
While insisting that Alhaji Adeoti “was rigged out with impunity by Governor Adegboyega Oyetola who manipulated the election process in his favour because he is a member of the National Caretaker and Extra-Ordinary Convention Planning Committee that organised the primary”, the faction said it was surprised to read about the dismissal of its petition on social media.
“As far as we are concerned, the Appeal Committee is yet to be constituted, because Adeoti or his lawyers were never informed of any, nor invited to appear before any to defend the petition against the sham called an election.
“It will be an act of impunity and total disregard to democratic process if truly the Appeal Committee had sat and dismissed Adeoti’s appeal without due process.
“We are still waiting for official information from the National Secretariat on our party on the Appeal Committee. As far as we are concerned, the purported dismissal of Adeoti’s petition is still a rumour”, the statement concluded.
