APC imposition of candidate sparks row

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There was protest in Osun State on yesterday by some aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress over alleged imposition of candidate.wpid-All20Progressive20Congress2028APC14.jpg

The protesters stormed Osun state Government House to protest?against the withdrawal of the party’s ticket for 2015 poll from Mr.Abiodun Awolola, the present member representing Egbedore State Constituency.

The protesters, who carried placards of inscriptions such as, “Awolola is our choice. “With Awolola, victory is sure. “The man of the people is Awolola,” among others, demanded immediate reinstatement of their candidate as the APC standard bearer for the 2015 state assembly poll.

The protest nearly turned bloody when APC chairman in the state, Prince Gboyega Famoodun, was attacked?as he was about entering Oke Fia, Osun state Government House.

The protesters, who insisted on seeing Governor Rauf Aregbesola, upon sighting Famoodun, directed their anger at him, alleging that he was party to the decision to replace Awolola.

The chairman however managed to escape without being injured by the protesters, as his vehicle quickly turned back from the premises and headed to another part of the town.

Earlier, the protesters had been engaged in fierce verbal exchanges with the security operatives attached to the building located along Ilobu road, Oke-fia, Osogbo.

A leader of the party from the same local government, Debo Oparinde, cautioned Aregbesola against losing the state to the opposition in the coming election.

“If care is not taken, we will end up losing. Why should they impose candidate on us,” he said.

One of the protesters, Ade Soye, alleged that “party members voted for Abiodun Awolola during the primaries, but Kola Ajao, who has served two terms is being imposed as the candidate of the party.”

Effort to reach the APC chairman failed as calls put to his telephone didn’t go through.

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