Members of the All Progressives Congress in the Kosofe area of Lagos State have criticized the alleged imposition of candidates in the Lagos State chapter.
Hajia Kafilat Ogbara was declared the winner of the APC primary for the Kosofe Federal Constituency by the disgruntled members.
Ogbara, a former State Audit Service Commission commissioner, received 44 votes to defeat Rotimi Agunsoye, who received one vote.
“By the powers conferred on me, I want to announce Hajia Kafilat Ogbara as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress for Kosofe Federal Constituency, after scoring the highest votes of 44,” the panel’s Chairman, Fuad Oki, said while announcing the results at the primary held at the Ikosi-Isheri Local Council Development Area (LCDA) Secretariat. She is proclaimed the winner and has been re-elected.”
The disgruntled members demanded that Agunsoye’s term be extended, claiming that he is the constituency’s current representative.
They accused the party’s leaders of endorsing losers in the primaries.
They carried placards bearing various inscriptions such as, “We are the grassroots, we own power of votes”, “Accept duly elected delegates in Kosofe”, “We say no to fake delegates”, “Grassroot voice is power, listen to it”, “We want justice in Kosofe, return the delegate list we voted for”.
One of them said, “We believe in equity, justice and fairness, our leaders should come and explain what happened because we didn’t vote for Kafilat. I witnessed the election in seven wards and we voted for our candidates but we didn’t know what happened behind the scene.
“They should understand that democracy is not an imposition. If we cannot elect our representatives, our leaders are biased and compromised.”
They went on to say that candidates who failed in the primary had influenced the party’s leaders.
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