Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State, including supporters of former Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, on Thursday staged a protest in Ibadan, demanding the release of the party’s primary election results, particularly those of the governorship primary.

The protesters called on the National Working Committee (NWC) of the APC to release the results, saying the move was necessary to safeguard the party’s future ahead of the 2027 general election.

Carrying placards with inscriptions such as “Our Votes, Our Right: Release Our Primary Results,” “We Need Primary Election Results,” “Say No to Imposition and Manipulation,” “We Demand Primary Results,” “Credible Process Builds a Stronger Party,” and “Democracy, Not Dictatorship,” the demonstrators marched through parts of Ibadan, including Molete and the APC secretariat at Oke-Ado.

Speaking to journalists during the protest, one of the demonstrators, Hajia Bello Bolanle, said the reconciliation committee recently constituted by the party would only achieve meaningful results if members were allowed to see the outcome of the primaries.

She said the protesters were simply demanding transparency from the party’s leadership, warning that the imposition of candidates could undermine the APC’s chances in the 2027 elections in Oyo State.

Bolanle appealed to the party’s national leadership to release the results of all the primary elections, including the governorship primary, in the interest of fairness and internal democracy.

“We appealed to the President an the NWC to release the results. We are here just because of the primary election that we did in Oyo state, the national body of the party are yet to released the results.

“The presidential election that we did after that, the results have been released. They should release our results in Oyo state. We don’t want imposition. They should release it and whatever may be the outcome, we will take it.”

Also, Bolarinwa Zebora said, “We are beseeching the National Working Committee to tell us where we are going in Oyo state because they have the constitutional right to tell us the voice of the people.

“The people’s voice in the Oyo State is determined by the primary election, not consensus. Because what we could see now is the consensus.

“Because if it were a primary election, we should have seen results. There is no way you will send your children to school without a result, and the teacher will tell you that he has been promoted.

“We are beseeching the chairman of the National, APC National Chairman, and the National Working Committee of the National, to please and please to avail the results of the state. Let us see the results.

“Please and please. This is not the right way of doing it. If they want consensus, they should give us consensus. We should know that this is consensus. We did primary election. Where is the result? how will you in a developed country, your say someone promoted without a result? What is the meaning of reconciliation? Reconciliation comes after primary election.

“After primary election result, where is the primary election result? Why are they constituting the reconciliation committee.”

Meanwhile, no party officials on ground to addressed the protesters, as gate of Oyo APC party office is locked and maned by security operatives to prevent breakdown of law and order. (The Nation)

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