{"id":62145,"date":"2018-05-11T10:57:37","date_gmt":"2018-05-11T09:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=62145"},"modified":"2018-05-11T10:57:37","modified_gmt":"2018-05-11T09:57:37","slug":"ekiti-2018-ojudu-withdraws-accuses-oyegun-of-injustice-favoritism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/ekiti-2018-ojudu-withdraws-accuses-oyegun-of-injustice-favoritism\/","title":{"rendered":"Ekiti 2018: Ojudu Withdraws, Accuses Oyegun of Injustice, Favoritism"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant in Ekiti State,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Senator Babafemi Ojudu, has withdrawn from the primary election scheduled<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">for Saturday.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Ojudu who addressed a news conference on Thursday described the party\u2019s<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">primary as \u201can unfair contest in which the national leadership wanted to<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">force an unpopular aspirant on the people.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">He accused the APC National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">perpetrating injustice in the choice of the flag bearer in Ekiti and<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">frustrating moves to have a transparent process.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Responding to a question, Ojudu said: \u201cI am not stepping down for anybody,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">I am withdrawing. I will leave (my) delegates to their choice.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">According to him, \u201cit is part of the complicity of NWC to allow an<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">indicted person to contest for the party\u2019s governorship ticket.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Ojudu claimed that Oyegun \u201cvehemently opposed\u201d an advice offered by the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">aspirants for the use of Option A4 to resolve the primary election logjam.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The journalist-turned politician clarified that he was not stepping down<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">for any aspirant but withdrawing from the race \u201cto safeguard the future of<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">our children and great grandchildren.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Ojudu said: \u201cFrom what has happened since May 5 to date, it does without<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">saying that this is an unfair contest where the NWC Chairman has clearly<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">demonstrated that he does not care what happens to our dear party now and<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">in the nearest future.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe saw a Chairman who has conspired with one of the aspirants in the race<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">to unleash mayhem on others, wreak havoc and violence on ordinary citizens<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">and exposed our state to great embarrassment on national television.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe saw an aspirant so unpopular to the extent that delegates called him<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">unprintable names at the voting arena now being imposed on our people, not<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">minding if this means we lose this state forever.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe do not believe in engaging in unfair contest and I am not ready to<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">step on blood to get to power.\u00a0 As I have reiterated at different times in<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">the course of the campaign, this was never about me.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIt was not about an ambition but a mission to give a new lease of life to<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Ekiti State and the people. It was about safeguarding the future of our<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">children, our grandchildren, great grandchildren and even generations yet<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">unborn.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201cTherefore, thus injustice perpetrated against Ekiti people by NWC<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Chairman cannot be allowed to stand. This is why the fight will continue,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">not as an aspirant but as a party reformer.\u201d<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant in Ekiti State, Senator Babafemi Ojudu, has withdrawn from the primary election scheduled for Saturday. 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