Ondo Election Rigging: APC leader blasts Akinyelure for accusing Oyegun

Crisis have continue to tear apart the ruling All Progressives Congress apart as its leaders have continued to speak in tunes over the outcome of the controversial Ondo State governorship primary of the party.The APC’s National Vice-Chairman (South-South), Hilliard Eta, who spoke on behalf of other members of the party’s National Working Committee on Wednesday in Abuja, faulted the claim by his South-West counterpart, Pius Akinyelure, on the NWC’s decision over the appeal panel on the primary.Earlier, Akinyelure had alleged that the party’s National Chairman, John Odigie-Oyegun, National Secretary, Mai Buni’ and the National Organising Secretary, Osita Izunaso, were the brains behind the “rigging” of the said primary election.Eta described Akinyelure’s claim as false and an attempt to please an unnamed benefactor.The national vice-chairman stated, “We have read various newspaper reports but I can tell you that no vote was taken (on the issue of submission of Akeredolu’s name). Before we met on the last day for the submission of name to INEC, we had met three times earlier. In that meeting, there were two reports before the NWC ”“ that of the appeal committee was voted on.“That very day, we were 14 in number, not 11 as we have it in the media. Thirteen of us voted for the appeal committee report to be thrown out; only one person voted for us to retain the report and that person was the National Vice-Chairman, North-Central, Alhaji Zakari Indeh. Pius Akinyelure voted that the report should be thrown out.