The aspirants, from left: Akinterinwa, Ayedatiwa, Ayinke, Ibrahim and Oke

The All All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election held in Ondo State yesterday. However, many of the aspirants have rejected the election supervised Governor Usman Ododo of Kogi as a sham .in Ondo state have rejected the primary election supervised by Usman Ododo as a sham

Gbenga Edema, one of the aspirants, told journalist in Akure that the election should be  postponed until “things were put in place”.

“As I’m speaking to you at past 10 a.m., no electoral materials have been distributed,” he said.

“He told us that the accreditation would start between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. and that voting would commence by 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

“But what we are hearing now is that the election has been concluded and the result announced.

“We asked the chairman, but he had no answer to our questions.

“We are not people that could be manipulated by godfathers. So, we are asking our national leadership that if they are not ready, they should postpone it until the right thing is done.”

Also speaking, Sola Ajisafe, who represented Wale Akinterinwa, another aspirant, said for the polls postponement too, noting that Ododo’s failure to follow due process was an “anti-democratic process”.

“My people have been calling me that no single material has been distributed in their wards,” Ajisafe said.

“What is playing out here is a connivance and agreement by governor Ododo to short-change the people of the state and reduce our capacity to choose our leader.

“We are saying that they should reschedule another election because this election did not even hold.

“This is another form of failure. Ododo has not performed his responsibility concerning this election. This is an anti-democratic process.”

Rotimi Ogunleye, who spoke on behalf of Olusola Oke, an aspirant, called on President Bola Tinubu to intervene in the exercise.

“ I want to inform President Bola Tinubu, because he is our leader, that the men sent to conduct this election are not following the guidelines,” Ogunleye said.

Paul Oniyemofe, who represented Dayo Faduyile, another aspirant, described the election as a “day light robbery”, and asked for a reschedule of the poll.

Reacting, Ododo said electoral materials were distributed to Ondo north and south senatorial districts on time

He added that materials had also been delivered at Ondo central, promising to address all grievances.