Oyo APC postpones just announced LG primaries scheduled to take place Monday 19, 2018

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The primaries scheduled to take place across Oyo State Monday 19, 2018 has been postponed by the Oyo State chapter of the APC.
This development, has created fear among aspirants and re-awaken the suspicion of some aggrieved members of the party who alleged the party leadership plans to impose candidates in the coming local government election in the state.

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The Chairman of the party in Oyo State, Chief Akin Oke has on Friday during a press conference held at the Oke-Ado state secretariat of the party, announced that all arrangements have been made by the party to conduct primary in all the 33 local government areas and the 35 newly created local council development areas in the state tomorrow(Monday) ahead of the council poll. LG poll: Oyo APC fixes LG, ward primaries Monday

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This assurance from Oke arouse the confidence of party members and general public, thus, ended the alleged planned imposition, as he said that the primaries would take place in all the 33 Local Government Areas and the 35 newly created Local Council Development Areas in the state simultaneously.
However, the indefinite postponement, our correspondent gathered on Sunday has once again created fear among various groups and camps within the party who said they were surprised at the indefinite postponement of tomorrow’s shadow election.

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But the APC Chairman, Chief Oke while speaking on the development, said, “the reason for this postponement was due to the additional wards which have just been created by Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission (OYSIEC)”.

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