Ondo LG Chairmen Take Case To President Tinubu Over Alteration Of Nat. Assembly List By APC NWC

Chairmen of the 18 local government areas in Ondo state have demanded intervention of President Bola Tinubu in the rejection of the list containing names of winners of primary election to the national Assembly by National Working Committee’s (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Speaking under the umbrella of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), Ondo State chapter, the council chairmen insisted that the names eventually announced by the party’s national leadership did not reflect the outcomes of the primary elections conducted across the state.

Addressing journalists in Akure, the ALGON Chairman and Chairman of Akure South Local Government, Gbenga Fasua, said the appeal was not an act of rebellion against the party leadership, but a plea to preserve the credibility of the APC’s internal democratic process.

According to him, the primary elections held between May 16 and 23, 2026, were conducted by duly constituted electoral committees, monitored by party stakeholders and local government chairmen, and produced winners through what he described as a transparent process.

Fasua stated that the council chairmen were alarmed when candidates different from those declared at the primaries eventually emerged on the list released by the APC National Working Committee.

He stressed that, as chairmen and chief security officers of their respective local government areas, they witnessed the conduct of the primaries and the announcement of the results.

“We are not here to protest. We are making an appeal to the National Working Committee and to Mr. President because we were physically present during the elections. We monitored the process and we know those who emerged from the exercise.”

He added that the chairmen remained loyal members of the APC and would ultimately abide by whatever decision the party reached.

“If the National Working Committee does not agree with our position, we are not making a protest. Whatever decision the party takes is supreme, and we shall abide by it because we are party loyalists.”

The ALGON chairman maintained that their intervention was driven by the need to defend the sanctity of the votes cast by party members and to sustain confidence in the APC’s internal electoral process.