Osun APC leadership urges calm as election disputes arise

The enactment of the All Progressives Congress, APC, successful Osun State has called for restraint among members pursuing protests that trailed the party’s House of Representatives superior elections successful respective constituencies.

The entreaty came aft aggrieved enactment loyalists successful Ayedaade, Obokun/Ori-Ade, and Ila national constituencies rejected the outcomes of the primaries, alleging irregularities and imposition of candidates.

In Ayedaade Federal Constituency, aggregate aspirants, including erstwhile lawmaker Taiwo Oluga, were successful contention earlier the workout was reportedly disrupted successful parts of the constituency.

Supporters of different aspirants alleged that contempt the disruption successful areas specified arsenic Gbongan and Ode-Omu, results were aboriginal announced successful favour of Oluga, prompting protests captured successful wide circulated videos.

Similarly, tensions were recorded successful Ijesa North (Obokun/Oriade) Federal Constituency, wherever loyalists questioned the credibility of the process involving incumbent lawmaker Wole Oke.

Protesters astatine the collation centre alleged that the process was manipulated against different aspirant, Desmond Ojumu and claimed the result favoured the incumbent owed to his relation successful the party’s 2026 governorship run structure.

In Ila Federal Constituency, disagreement followed the emergence of Adebisi Obawale arsenic the party’s candidate, with his co-contender, Adeniyi Ismail Oluwa...