Wale Oluwo, Lagos state commissioner for energy and mineral resources, has quit the All Progressive Congress (APC).
He has also quit the cabinet of Akinwumi Ambode, governor of the state.
He vowed to work for Jimi Agbaje, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the next governorship election.
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In his resignation letter, he accused the leadership of the ruling party of being anti-democratic in the process through which Babajide Sanwo-Olu emerged as the flagbearer of the APC in the 2019 governorship election.
Sanwo-Olu, who enjoy the support of Mandate Movement, a group loyal to Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the party, made history by beating a sitting governor to the ticket of the party.
“I have found it rather difficult to come to terms or rationalise the party’s conduct of the October 2018 primary elections, which were largely characterised by massive voter disenfranchisement, intimidation, violence, undue influence and non-compliance with all known principles of democracy,†he wrote.
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“In the particular case of the gubernatorial primary, which was conducted using the ‘open ballot’ option in violation of the guidelines of the APC that specified the ‘open-secret ballot’ option, it is clear to me that the core principles of merit, competence, justice and fairness have been sacrificed by the APC on the altar of political expediency,†added Mr Oluwo, who is a kinsman of the incumbent governor.
He said the primary election has rubbished the reputation of the state as the epitome of “free and fair democratic practice.â€
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“I have struggled for weeks to understand the rationale for the apparent desperation and the brigandage brazenly displayed by the party apparatchik in the various elections. I had never thought such vicious attack could be unleashed on the progress that the state has made in its steady democratic journey,†he said.
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