Enforce Electoral Act provisions on primary, Ekiti lawmaker urges APC

A member of the House of Representatives, Kolawole Akinlayo.

A member of the House of Representatives, Kolawole Akinlayo, has urged the leadership of the All Progressives Congress to strictly enforce the provisions of Section 88(1) of the Electoral Act, 2026, in determining the outcome of the party’s primary election for Ekiti North Federal Constituency II.

Akinlayo, who represents Moba/Ilejemeje/Ido Osi Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, argued that the aspirant declared winner of the May 16 primary election, Mr Kunle Ibrahim, was constitutionally ineligible to participate in the exercise because he was allegedly still serving as a political appointee at the time.

The lawmaker made the call while addressing journalists in Abuja, following his petition to the APC National Chairman and the party’s National Assembly Appeal Committee challenging the outcome of the primary election.

He stressed that strict compliance with the Electoral Act and the APC Constitution was essential to safeguarding the integrity of the party’s internal democratic process ahead of the 2027 general elections.