Oyo State
Governor, Abiola Ajimobi, has assured members of the ruling All Progressives
Congress (APC) that candidates for the various elective positions in the 2019
general elections would emerge through free and fair primaries.
The
Governor, who gave the assurance while speaking at the Oyo South Senatorial
District meeting held in Ibadan, on Monday, also said that the APC leadership would
support the best among all the gubernatorial aspirants to become the next
governor of the state.
The meeting
was attended by aspirants for various political offices and party faithful from
the senatorial district comprising nine local governments.
The local
governments include Ibadan North, Ibadan North-West, Ibadan South-West, Ibadan
South-East, Ibadan North-East, Ido, Ibarapa East, Ibarapa North and Ibarapa
Central.
Ajimobi
explained that that the meeting was aimed at intimating members of what transpired
at the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the APC, held in Abuja, last
week.
Ajimobi
said: “The meeting we held with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja last week
was to fashion out ways of repositioning the party for victory in the 2019
general elections. The meeting was also used to review the activities of our
party.
“We also
realized that some faceless people were behind the crisis that we experienced
recently in our party in Oyo State that that they were the one sponsoring the
dissident group.
“I am
however happy that despite the insinuations that our party membership has been
depleted because of the actions of the group, we still have this huge presence
of members here. This is an indication that we are on top of the game.
“It is very
obvious that our party parades the best of aspirants, especially in terms of
individual accomplishments, academic backgrounds as well as their respective
loyalty to the party. Let me assure you all that the party leadership will
create a level playing field for you all.
“The issue
is not that I prefer some gubernatorial aspirants than the other. Indeed, I
encouraged all of them to join the race. They are all my people and they are
all equally qualified.
“Let me
assure you once again that I will never impose any candidate but we will
support any candidate who has the capacity to win”.
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