Members of the Osun State National Ward Congress committee of the All Progressives Congress have ratified and affirmed the results of the consensus primaries held across the 325 wards in the state.
Affirming the results on Monday at the State party secretariat in Osogbo, Chairman of the Committee, Hon. Gbenga Elegbeleye described the process as free and fair across all wards.
Elegbeleye stated that his Committee arrived the state on Friday and had a parley with stakeholders of the party that night.
“We arrived on Friday and had a parley with stakeholders of the party which included the Governor, three former deputy governors, speaker of the state assembly, members of the National Assembly among others.
“So, you can not say such generality of the party’s leaders that we met are not representatives of the people. We actually met with those we all know as leaders of the party. They are indeed the leaders of the party.
“What we did on Saturday was to ensure that only those who got and filled nomination forms, passed through screening process participated in the Ward Congresses, and it is only this set of people that can be declared the winners of the Ward Congresses.
“We were given the mandate from the National Secretariat, so, there is no way we will declare those who didn’t collect nomination forms, who didn’t fill them and who didn’t pass through the screening process as winners.
“So, it is those who participated in the Congress who collected forms, filled forms, passed through screening exercise that we can say are eligible.
“The Congress was held on Saturday and here are copies of the results of the winners from the three senatorial districts. We have all the results here and they are those who submitted nomination forms to us.”
Elegbeleye brandished three envelopes containing the results from the three districts.
