BY AKINWALE ABOLUWADE, IBADAN
The People’s Democratic Party senatorial aspirants in Oyo Central Senatorial District, under the aegis of Forum of Senatorial Aspirants, have rejected the purported endorsement of Chief Bisi Ilaka, a former Chief of Staff to Governor Seyi Makinde, as the consensus senatorial candidate for the district in the 2023 general elections.
In a letter dated April 4, addressed to Makinde, the aspirants stated that the purported endorsement of Ilaka by some party stakeholders on April 3, did not go down well with them.
The aggrieved aspirants alleged in the letter that the process that threw up Ilaka was pre-determined while also citing security threat.
The letter, signed by two senatorial aspirants, Wale Adegoke and Wale Ajani, read that a free and fair democratic process should be allowed to take place.
“As a democrat sir, we believe you are aware that the basic principle of consensus is for all participating aspirants to agree with signatures. This, we believe, the stakeholders did not do.
“We, hereby, humbly appeal to you to allow democratic process to take place by allowing free and fair primary.
“We count on your support sir.”
The state chairman, deputy national chairman and senatorial chairman of the party were copied in the letter.
