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…as NWC knocks out gov’s men
By Dayo Johnson, Akure
The attempt by the Ondo State All Progressive Congress , APC, leadership, led by Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa, to impose a consensus arrangement for legislative tickets ran into stiff opposition from the start.
Trouble began after reports emerged that the party’s national secretariat rejected the governor’s preferred list for both State and National Assembly seats.
Despite the signal from Abuja, the governor’s camp pressed ahead.
At the end of the primaries, none of Aiyedatiwa’s preferred aspirants survived.
The governor, who had vowed to replace most incumbent federal lawmakers, lost the power play as the NWC overturned the results.
The Primaries and the Fallout
Weeks before the exercise, Aiyedatiwa told stakeholders across the three senatorial districts that consensus would be the preferred mode for the 2026 elections.
He mobilised across all 18 LGAs and met with 203 ward councillors, urging them to
