Some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State took to the streets of Akure on Sunday to protest over the alleged irregularities and the biased conduct of the ward primary election across the state on Saturday.

The ward primary election was meant to produce the governorship candidate of the party for the November 16, 2024 governorship election in the state.

The election has been reportedly marred with violence, irregularities and non-availability of election materials.

According to Naija News, a video seen on social media, shows the protesters storming the APC state secretariat in Akure and called for the cancellation of the ward primaries.

The protesters displayed their displeasure with different songs and chants over the conduct of the ward primaries across the 203 wards of the state.

Most of them are supporters of one of the aspirants, Olushola Oke, and they carried different placards calling on the national secretariat to remove the chairman of the primary election committee and Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo.

Meanwhile, some of the aspirants have raised concerns about the conduct of the primary election and decried delays in the distribution of materials.

They alleged that based on the conduct of the exercise, plans were made to favour certain aspirants and called on the party to investigate the process.

Kogi State Governor and chairman of the Ondo State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election committee has commended stakeholders and members of the party in Ondo state for their orderly conduct and massive turnout during the direct primary election in the state.

Governor Ododo gave the commendation while receiving reports from members of the APC Governorship Primary Election committee, security agencies and other stakeholders who monitored the conduct of the election in different parts of the 18 local government areas in the state.

According to Governor Ododo:

“I have received reports from our committee members and security agencies as well as NGOs monitoring the election including video footages and I can say that the process has been transparent and we are going to produce a candidate that will unify the APC ahead of the November, 2024 governorship election in the state.”

Responding to questions over delay in arrival of materials in some wards and local government areas, Governor Ododo said he was certain that the delay has no adverse effect on the conduct of the primary election.

The Kogi State Governor also expressed confidence that concerns noticed in the revalidated membership list would not have any major impact on the outcome of the primary election, stressing that the committee is well guided by the APC guidelines for the nomination of candidates for general elections and relevant provisions of the Electoral Act, 2022.

Governor Ododo called on the aspirants and their supporters to see the primary election as a contest among brothers and sisters in one family seeking to make the family better as candidate of the party in the November, 2024 Governorship election in Ondo State.