The National Organising Secretary of the
All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator
Osita Izunaso on Thursday at the Party’s
National Secretariat inaugurated a high-
powered five-member Election
Committee and three-member Election
Appeal Committee for the 2016 Ondo
State governorship election primaries
scheduled for Saturday, September 3,
2016 at the Ondo State capital, Akure.
This was made known in a statement
issued by the Assistant Director of
Publicity of the party, Edegbe
Odemwingie on Thursday in Abuja.

He said that the five-member Election
Committee is chaired by Jigawa State
Governor, Muhammadu Badaru
Abubakar. Other members are: Dr.
Bruce Ugbode (Secretary), Hon. Hamma
Adama Ali, Prince M. Martins and Engr.
Mohammed Lawal.
“The three-member Election Appeal
Committee is chaired by Mrs. Helen
Bendega. Other members are: Alh. Musa
Umar (Secretary) and Nikky Ejezie.
“Speaking during the inauguration, APC’s
National Organising Secretary, Senator
Osita Izunaso charged the Governor
Badaru-led Election Committee to ensure
that the Ondo Governorship Primary
Election is free, fair and transparent.” He
said.
Odemwingie quoted Izunaso: “We (APC)
have twenty-four 24 aspirants that were
screened, cleared and are qualified to
contest the election. We have met with
all the 24 aspirants at the Party level and
we have assured them the primaries
must be free, fair and transparent. We
have no doubt that the team we have
assembled will do justice to the desire of
our Party…In line with the Electoral Act,
the candidate with the highest number of
votes will be declared winner of the
election.
“We do not have a governor right now in
Ondo State but I believe that with this
exercise, we will have a governor in
November in Ondo state. Once the
exercise is transparent free and fair,
what is between us and the government
house of Ondo state will be two months.”
According to him, the Jigawa State
Governor and Chairman of the 2016
Ondo State APC Governorship Election
Primary Committee, Muhammadu
Badaru Abubakar said the Committee
will ensure Justice and fairness to all the
contestants. He assured that the election
be transparent, free and fair.
He also quoted Badaru saying “I assure
aspirants that the Committee will not
take any side but the side of the truth.
We will do our job diligently and with the
fear of God. And I assure you that the
end result will be one that everybody will
be happy about.”