—-Sets up reconciliation committee after primary disputes By Dayo Johnson Akure The leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ondo State has disowned former Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources, Rasaq Obe, over his outburst that President Bola Tinubu may lose the 2027 presidential election in the state following the party’s decision to drop some aspirants backed by Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa. Obe was an aspirant for the Ifedore/Idanre Federal Constituency. He lost the party’s ticket to the incumbent, Festus Akingbaso.
Speaking during a parley with newsmen at the Nigeria Union of Journalists Press Centre in Akure, State Chairman, Hon Kolawole Babatunde, said the former commissioner was speaking for himself and could not speak for the party or the people of the state. He said that “Every aspirant has the constitutional right to express personal opinions but such views did not represent the position of the party,” Babatunde said. “Those who did not win have every right to express their opinions.
Razaq Obe is entitled to his opinion. He did not speak on behalf of the party, the government or the leadership. He spoke as an individual,” he said.
Babatunde maintained that the disagreements were not strong enough to divide the party in Ondo State. “For me, these are normal political issues. They are not strong enough to divide us as a party.
The normal process is that we will have primaries. After the primaries, there will be various steps that will be taken by the party and by the national leadership. Those steps have been taken,” he said.
He declared that the party leadership had the right to take further steps as entrenched in the constitution. The chairman noted that a review committee was set up to look into the outcome of the primaries and had reported back to national leaders, and decisions had been taken. “I contested in an election for the House of Representatives.
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