Crisis Looms in Oyo APC as Aggrieved House Aspirant Drags Party to Court over N’Assembly Primaries
Kemi Olaitan in Ibadan
An aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election for the Oluyole Federal Constituency, Hon. Abiodun Gbolagade, has insisted that he won the party’s primary election and asked a Federal High Court to restore what he described as his stolen mandate.
Gbolagade, while addressing journalists in Ibadan, said he approached the court, which he did not name, after what he described as the wrongful declaration of the incumbent lawmaker representing the constituency, Hon. Tolulope Akande-Sadipe, as the candidate of the party for the 2027 House of Representatives’ election.
He maintained that the primary election was conducted through the direct primary option in line with the Electoral Act and the party’s guidelines, adding that coalition centres across the constituency had been communicated to all aspirants before the exercise.
