The presidency yes­terday waded into the crisis rocking the Ondo State chapter of the All Progressives Con­gress (APC) ahead of the party’s gubernatorial pri­mary election, following its invitation of all the 24 aspirants.
The meeting, which was summoned in respect to the two-time postponed APC primary in the state, was aimed at reaching at a peaceful decision that would lead to the conduct of the primary which has now been slated for Sat­urday after suffering two postponements.
The party has been in crisis following complaints from some of the aspirants who alleged that a national leader of the party from the South West has hijacked the process of the primary, having openly endorsed a candidates, as well as forc­ing delegates to vote for his preferred aspirant.
The candidates had complained that the del­egates have being shielded away from them, alleging that they are yet to know who they are as the party has refused to make the list and number of delegates public for them.
One of the aspirants, Tunji Abayomi, (SAN) has written a petition to the National Leadership of the party, alleging that APC National Leader, Ahmed Bola Tinubu, has endorsed an aspirant, Dr Emman­uel Abraham, a situation which it was gathered has pitched the party’s Chair­man in Ondo, Isaac keke­meke, against the some members of the SWC.
The APC NWC had earlier held two different peace meetings with the governorship aspirants and the state leadership of the party, which were all deadlocked as both the aspirants and the SWC members failed to agreed on the way forward.
An APC source who confirmed this to The AUTHORITY noted that the meeting had become imminent following the disagreement among the aspirants and the stake­holders during the pre­vious meetings with the NWC.