Oyo APC committee urges aggrieved aspirants to channel complaints appropriately

By Adejayan Gbenga, Ibadan

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State has urged aggrieved aspirants from its House of Representatives primary election to channel their complaints through the party’s appeal committee.

The Chairman of the APC House of Representatives Primaries Election Committee in Oyo State, Prof. Mojeed Alabi, gave the advice on Saturday while addressing journalists at the party secretariat in Oke-Ado, Ibadan.

Alabi explained that the committee was set up to supervise the conduct of the primaries, collate results, and submit its report to the party’s national leadership. He stressed that the panel is not an appeal body and therefore cannot entertain petitions arising from the exercise.

According to him, all grievances would be handled by the party’s officially constituted appeal committee. “Our own work is to superintend, collate the results and submit the reports to the National Secretariat. It is the National Secretariat that will announce the results of the elections,” he said.

He added that the primaries were conducted peacefully across constituencies, with no major incidents recorded during the exercise.

Alabi disclosed that 74 aspirants were cleared by the APC National Secretariat to contest the House of Representatives primaries across 14 federal constituencies in the state. He further noted that the exercise was guided by transparency and strict adherence to party guidelines.

The committee chairman also revealed that monitoring was carried out across constituencies rather than from a single location to ensure fairness.

He ended his remarks by reaffirming the party’s commitment to strengthening internal democracy ahead of the 2027 general elections.