By, Avant Garde

As tension continues to rise nationwide over the gate of aspirants who jostle for party tickets ahead of the 2027 general elections, the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Oyo state, Chief Moses Alake Adeyemo, has disclosed that nothing would stand on the way of the party to conduct free, fair and credible direct primaries for its candidates to emerge among a population of aspirants.

The former deputy governor, while receiving the Screening and Appeal Committee members deployed to the state from the APC’s Abuja National Secretariat in his office at the the Oke-Ado Party Secretariat on Monday, assured that no stone would be left unturned to ensure that all aspirants were treated fairly in accordance with principles of progressivism and constitutional democracy.

“We set machineries in motion for us to achieve the aim of consensus across board but reports available to me indicate that we would have to go by the second option which is direct primary in certain cases including the governorship ticket. To this end, we shall work towards organizing free, fair and credible exercise in all the affected areas even as we cannot rule out the possibility of some aspirants having a rethink and supporting the consensus arrangement as necessary.

“Where we have more than an aspirant, Abuja would send people to conduct primaries and we (at the state level) would provide the required support to make every work out in the interest of our great Party. Either consensus or direct primaries, every registered party member will be involved as they will all gathered at their respective Ward on the date picked by the National Secretariat for the primary as it affects each elective position. For consensus, members will lend their voices for affirmation while voting will be done in the cases of direct primary.” Adeyemo stated.

In his address; the chairman of the Screening Committee who is a former Speaker in the Ondo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Taofiq AbdusSalam, assured that his committee would do a thorough job to ensure that only the eligible aspirants were cleared to participate in the primary and fly the ticket of the APC as the party’s House of Assembly candidates in the forthcoming gubernatorial election in the state.

Others members of the Screening Committee are; Kamal Sanusi (Secretary), Smart Oluwole, Tunde Kolade and Olabamiji Agunloye while those of the Screening Appeal Committee are; Jibola Oduwole (Chairman), Abimbola Jack (Secretary) and Jelil Jimoh.