Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. John Kayode Fayemi, and his Osun state counterpart, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola on Saturday were endorsed as the gubernatorial candidates of the All Progressive’s Congress, APC, in the forthcoming elections in both states.
Both candidates were yesterday picked unopposed at the APC congresses in their states to fly the party’s flag in the governorship elections scheduled for June 21 in Ekiti and August 9 in Osun.
The Nasir el-Rufai-led committee supervised the primary election in Osun State where Aregbesola was endorsed.
While giving the governor the certificate of return, he said 269,631 members of the party voted Aregbesola for a second term out 355,390 members who registered in 332 wards across the state.
The Ekiti primaries were conducted by a team of National officers of APC led by the party’s National Organising Secretary, Senator Osita Izunaso.
Other members of the team were Alhaji Abubakar Suleja (Secretary), Isah Maduto, Capt Bala Jubril (rtd), Alhaji Yemi Sanusi, and Steve Asimoke.
Also in attendance at both primaries were the representatives of the Independent National Electoral Commission and men of the Nigeria Police Force and the State Security Service.