{"id":857193,"date":"2025-06-21T22:11:56","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T03:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/21\/agege-apc-candidates-reject-imposition-claims-defend-primary-election-process\/"},"modified":"2025-06-21T22:11:56","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T03:11:56","slug":"agege-apc-candidates-reject-imposition-claims-defend-primary-election-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/21\/agege-apc-candidates-reject-imposition-claims-defend-primary-election-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Agege APC Candidates Reject Imposition Claims, Defend Primary Election Process"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Kazeem Akande<\/p>\n

Chairmanship and Councillorship candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Agege and Orile-Agege Lagos State have dismissed allegations of imposition and irregularities in the just-concluded party primaries.<\/p>\n

The News Agency of Nigeria NAN reports that the candidates were on Wednesday at a news conference declared the process was transparent, free, and fair.<\/p>\n

Speaking at a press conference in Lagos on Wednesday, Mr Akinola Idowu, the APC Chairmanship Candidate for Orile-Agege, while given his remarks, described those questioning the legitimacy of the primaries as a minority group.<\/p>\n

According to him, the primaries conducted by our party were credible, and we emerged through a democratic process.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose opposing us are mostly failed aspirants, including some who joined the APC recently from other parties. Their aim is to cause disunity by creating a false impression of mass dissatisfaction.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are the minority group of disgruntled aspirants who were yet to come to terms with their loss,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He alleged that some of the aggrieved individuals had recruited non-party members to exaggerate their numbers and mislead the public as most of them reside abroad or having little grassroots presence in the local government area.<\/p>\n

Idowu also debunked rumours surrounding the health of Agege chairmanship candidate, Alhaji Tunde Azeez, affirming that although he was unwell, but his condition was not critical.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, he is currently sick, but he is not bedridden. Illness is part of human life,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

He also criticised attacks on Azeez\u2019s running mate, who is the son of Lagos State House of Assembly Speaker, Dr Mudashiru Obasa.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only thing they hold against him is the identity of his father, which is not a valid reason to disqualify him, especially given his qualifications and contributions to the community,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The Orile-Agege APC LG candidate also debunked the internal manipulation, that prominent party leaders from all factions, including Rep James Faleke of the Justice Forum, were involved in the primaries.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is disingenuous for anyone to blame Obasa for an outcome that their own faction participated in shaping,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mr Fatai Ajibola, the APC Party Secretary for Agege and Orile-Agege Local Council Development Areas, reaffirmed the fairness of the exercise and urged aggrieved members to unite for the party\u2019s success in the July 12 council elections.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven if we run the primaries again today, our candidates will still win.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are members of the same party. The Speaker has extended an olive branch, and we are calling on them to return to the fold so we can move forward together,\u201d Ajibola said.<\/p>\n

He added that while internal disagreements were normal in politics, it was essential for party members to respect the will of the majority and support the officially recognised candidates.<\/p>\n

\u00a0NAN reports that the APC candidates concluded the briefing with a call for public support and party unity, emphasising their preparedness to contest and win at the polls.<\/p>\n

(NAN)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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By Kazeem Akande Chairmanship and Councillorship candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Agege and Orile-Agege Lagos State have dismissed allegations of imposition and irregularities in the just-concluded party primaries. The News Agency of Nigeria NAN reports that the candidates were on Wednesday at a news conference declared the process was transparent, free, and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":857194,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[114883,297],"tags":[114882,5343],"class_list":{"0":"post-857193","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-agege","8":"category-candidates","9":"tag-agege","10":"tag-candidates"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=857193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/857194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=857193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=857193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=857193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}