While those who supported the indirect primaries obtained their forms from the Ade Adetimehin led executive, other aspirants who embraced direct primaries obtained their forms from the office of the factional Chairman, Mr. Idowu Otetubi. Speaking while obtaining his expression of interest form from Otetubi, the lawmaker representing Akoko South West/South East Federal constituency of Ondo state, Hon. Kolawole Babatunde, described the adoption of indirect primaries by some members of the party in the state as a coup against democracy. Babatunde who described the adoption of indirect primaries as a “breeding ground for corruption in the country’s democracy” said proponents of indirect primaries against the delegate system are politicians who are not ground. The only state in the Southwest is Ondo State.

Source: Nigerian Tribune September 10, 2018 17:48 UTC