Live Update: Osun West APC Primary Begins As Demola Adeleke Move to PDP

By KEHINDE AYANTUNJI

The Osun West Senatorial District Primary Election of the All progressive Congress has commenced at the Distinguished Hall, Aje Market, Egbedore Local Goverment, Osun State.

Chairman of the APC Screening Committee, Hon Sanusi Rikiji who is the Speaker of the Zamfara State House of Assembly announced the commencement of the process at exactly 10:42.

Ejigbo Local Government with 416 delegates are cuurently voting as the first local government to be called.

Delegates at the primary include the remaining sole candidate, Senator Mudasir Husein; Speaker, Osun state House of Assembly, Rt Hon Najeem Folasoyo Salaam; and the federal representative of Ayedade/Irewole/Isokan Federal Constituency, Hon Ayo Omidiran.

It will be recalled that Senator Husein main contender, Ademola Adeleke yesterday resigned his membership of APC and withdrew from the race.

In a letter directed to the party primary screening committee, Ademola accused the party of bending rules to favour Senator Husein and rejected the venue of the primary which is in Egbedore local government against Iwo that is the senatorial district headquarter.

However, Ademola is currently in Iwo contesting the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Primary election with Senator Olasunkanmi Akinlabi.