INEC shuns Ondo APC congress as Aiyedatiwa’s aide emerges chairman

An adjutant to Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa, Kolawole Babatunde, has emerged arsenic the caller president of the All Progressives Congress, APC, successful Ondo State.

Babatunde, popularly known arsenic ‘Ameachi’ successful the state, emerged done affirmation during the authorities legislature of the party, held successful Akure, the authorities capital, connected Tuesday.

Meanwhile, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, was absent during the legislature which produced 36 caller officials for the party.

A Federal High Court sitting successful Akure, presided implicit by Justice Toyin Adegoke, had connected Monday issued an ex parte bid restraining INEC and the APC from proceeding with the legislature pursuing an exertion filed by aggrieved members of the party.

The authorities section had been faced with a bid of crises which, successful the past fewer weeks, had turned violent, with 3 radical killed during the ward legislature and the president of the enactment successful the state, Ade Adetimehin, beaten and injured on with immoderate chieftains of the enactment during a stakeholders’ meeting.

Also absent from the legislature were the lawman politician of the state, Olayide Adelami, the senators representing the authorities successful the National Assembly arsenic good arsenic House of Representa...