APC House Of Reps Aspirant Narrates How He Escaped Death During Party’s Primary Election

A member of the House of Representatives, Mayowa Lawson Alade, representing Akure South/Akure North Federal district in Ondo state on the platform of the APC, has recounted how he narrowly escaped being assassinated during the party’s primary.

According to The Vanguard, the primary election was inconclusive due to the violence that erupted.

Alade stated that the process was disrupted by political thugs when he was already winning the primary election.

“It was a sad day in Akure election, every youth in Ondo State, most especially, Akure North/South Federal constituency are not really happy as hoodlums came in while they were sorting election ballot and we were coasting to victory, and all of a sudden, everything just went south,” Lawson said.

“As you can see, my agent was beaten and injured.

“Despite being an aspirant, I had to run for my life to avoid stray bullet.

“As we have it, there was no election and we are hopeful to have a re-run soon.

“Hoodlums disrupted the election, at the beginning, one of the aspirants was complaining about his name not being on the ballot as it was in the bye-election, so he has been very furious about the whole election arrangement.

”However, we decided to continue, and at the end of the day, the thugs just came in and everything just went south.

“Putting the rule of law into consideration now, the election is now inconclusive, and we are hoping that the party leaders come up, we will have another date.

“From the primary election, the margin was clear, because I am loved by my people despite the fact that I have just been there for two months.

“I was not aware of the Delegates list. I just saw the list, and as the love of the people of Akure remains with me, I think I’m good to go among my people. There is no situation to be reversed, there was no election.

”My supporters should keep calm. We are very peaceful youths and as you can see, we are all calm. We are hoping for the best, and we know God is going to be on our side,” he added.