January 14, (THEWILL) – Ifeoluwa Ehindero, the son of former lnspector-General of Police, Sunday Ehindero, is all set to replace the Minister of Interior, Hon Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo at the National Assembly. Tunji-Ojo had won his return bid to the House of Representatives to represent Akoko North East and North West Federal Constituency in Ondo State on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC. But his nomination as a minister left his seat vacant for replacement. About eight aspirants had indicated their interest to occupy the seat, but after the primary, which took place last weekend, Ehindero emerged winner.
Ehindero reportedly scored 105 votes out of 106 delegates that were cleared for the exercise while another aspirant, Bimbo Makinde, scored only one vote. The remaining six candidates reportedly didn’t score any vote.
Unfortunately, Ehindero’s victory is being contested by the other aspirants as the leadership of the party in the constituency is being accused of manipulating the election to favour him. They allege that they were schemed out by the way the delegate list was generated by the party at the local governments that made up the federal constituency and as such, will not accept the outcome of the election. The aggrieved aspirants have been advised to approach the appeal committee and stop heating up the polity, but more importantly, for them to be true democrats and join hands with the winner of the primary, assuring that the party will win the bye-election in the federal constituency.
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