Incumbent lawmaker representing Idanre/Ifedore federal constituency of Ondo State, Hon. Tajudeen Adefisoye has won the APC House of Representatives re-election ticket with a landslide victory.
Small Alhaji scored 70 votes to defeat Moshood Bakare who scored 6 votes while the incumbent speaker of Ondo State House of Assembly came distance third with 3 votes. Although 17 delegates could not vote due to dramas that ensued.
The election was held at Premier Hotel in Igbara-Oke while 100 delegates were accredited and voting commenced by 4:’15pm. Three votes were voided while 17 voters could not vote.
Speaking on his emphatic victory, Hon. Adefisoye appreciated the Almighty God who made the victory possible. He also thanked all the delegates for the total confidence reposed in him.
The federal legislator however assured all APC members in his constituency and all constituents that his victory in the primary election would only spur him to double his efforts for the delivery of greater democratic dividends.
Meanwhile, a mild drama ensued while voting was still ongoing as the agent of Bamidele Oloyeloogun suddenly collapsed.
The agent laid on the floor for several minutes and this brought voting to a halt. He remained on the floor for more than two hours. Oloyeloogun was however requested to get a replacement for the agent but he said no other person was around to replace the sick agent.
Moreso, another melee again erupted almost immediately as the State House of Assembly Speaker, Bamidele Oloyeloogun openly hit the agent of Hon. Adefisoye, Mr Richard Adeyemi with an item suspected to be a charm. This again delayed voting for more than one hour.
However, police officers that came for the exercise eventually prevailed on Oloyeloogun to allowed voting to continue after about three hours delay.
Moreover, a relative of Oloyeloogun came to the to pose as a DSS officer. But he could not properly identify himself when DSS officers arrived the election venue. He was immediately arrested and whisked away by the DSS officers.
In another report, Prince Aderin Adesida has emerged the All Progressives Congress, APC flag bearer for the Akure South-Akure north federal constituency having won the party’s primary held in Akure, the Ondo State’s capital
Prince Adesida polled 68 votes to defeat his closest rival Mayokun Alade who had 37 votes
Another aspirant, Oluwafemi Fadairo also scored five in the keenly contested exercise
Meanwhile, Mr Fadairo who came last in the contest had earlier demanded that his picture should appe NMar on the ballot paper before being rectified
Crisis however erupted when the chairman, house of representatives primary electoral committee, Mr Adeyemi Akola (rmd) was about to announce the results as some hoodlums dashed into the venue demanding cancellation of the primary election
The security operatives however overpowered the hoodlums through sporadic shootouts and teargas
INEC officials also monitored the exercise.
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