One of the candidates for the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship of Ondo’s primary election on Monday, Isaac Kekemeke, expressed disappointment at the mechanism and result of the vote.
Mr. Kekemeke, the former chairman of the state party, said “the election was compromised to produce a predetermined result for a predetermined candidate”
Incumbent governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, won 2,458 votes in all the local government areas of the state.
His closest rival, Olusola Oke, received 262 votes, while Mr Kekemeke was a distant third with 19 votes.
Mr. Kekemeke was interviewed by the TVC on Monday morning. Criticized the style of the election and the delay.
Addressing journalists in Akure on Tuesday, he said the election had taken place to produce the chosen candidate of the party.
“It is still my conviction that the process leading to the voting was slanted, skewed and compromised to produce a predetermined result.
“The advantages and opportunities that incumbency confer were overstretched to constitute the incumbent into both an umpire and a contestant.”
Asked if he was going to protest the result in court, Mr. Kekemeke replied by saying “I have been approached by some persons and groups to run my aspiration on their platforms.
“Others have advised that I challenge the process in court. My answer; I remain in the All Progressives Congress and I shall not be going to court.
“The delegates have spoken clearly and so be it. I wish the winner and our party well.”
Mr. Akeredolu had previously pleaded with his defeated rivals to support his second term ambition.
The rival Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) will hold its own primary election on Wednesday.
