The Minister of Interior Rauf Aregbesola has lost his Ward 8, Ifofin, Ilesha East to Governor Adegboyega Oyetola at the ongoing primary election of All Progressives Congress(APC).
Aregbesola was absent to vote at the ward during the exercise.
The leader of loyalists of Aregbesola at Ward 8, Ifofin, Ilesha East, Saheed Adegoke confirmed to newsmen the Minister was not around to vote.
“He told us that he had an assignment from the President,” he stated.
He said at the end of the exercise, the anointed aspirant of Aregbesola, Moshood Adeoti, garnered 146 votes while Governor Oyetola polled 309.
On the other end, following the completion of accreditation at ward one in Iragbiji, where Governor Oyetola was accredited, agents and representatives of Moshood Adeoti and former Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon Lasun Yusuf were not present at the ward.
The returning officer in the ward, Apostle Samson Oyebode, while announcing voting procedure said, “representatives and agents of the Adeoti and Lasun were not present at the venue.
The voters were then instructed to line behind the poster of their candidate. Most of the voters lined behind Governor Adegboyega Oyetola, who was physically present at the venue.
According to Apostle Oyebode, “after the headcounts, 2053 voters were accredited, 1612 queued behind Oyetola while Adeoti and Lasun had no votes, the other voters did not return to the venue after accreditation”.
Addressing the newmen after the counting, Governor Oyetola said the primary should not be a war and urged aspirants and supporters to rally behind the party during the governorship election in July.