Contrary to rumour on a radio station that Mallam Saliu Mustapha has been disqualified, checks by this medium indicate that he is leading all aspirants with slight margin over Two major contestants, Rahman Razaq and Professor Oba Abdulraheem.
Reacting to the development, Director of Strategy at the Saliu Mustapha Campaign Organization, Yaqub Ishowo expressed gratitude to the teeming members of the APC across the state who have shown confidence in the former Deputy Nat’l Chairman of the defunct CPC.
He explained that the purported disqualification was the handiwork of paid elements at the national office who are pushing for the emergence of an unpopular candidate.
Ishowo said “..after several attempts to persuade Mallam Saliu to withdraw from the race for an unpopular aspirant, they had to descend so low to the level of even using a national officer to tell the media a false story just to change the game while the primaries was ongoing. We felt bad but Alhamdulilah despite their dirty politics, we are still maintaining the lead, that shows acceptability and strength.
He however urged members of the party in the state to be vigilant as attempts are still ongoing by these elements to subvert the will of the majority, adding that Mr President will have to intervene if authentic results are not declared.
According to report from the Saliu Mustapha Elections monitoring situation room, as sent to The Informant247:
In Asa Local Government, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq got 2910, Prof Oba 2828, Hakeem Lawal got 1900, Lukman Mustapha 2000 while Mallam Saliu Mustapha got 3469.
Also in Ilorin West, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq got 7286, Prof Oba 9206, Hakeem Lawal got 6541, Lukman Mustapha 6720 while Mallam Saliu Mustapha got 7286.
At Ilorin East Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq got 6271, Prof Oba 1312, Hakeem Lawal got 6618, Lukman Mustapha 2051 while Mallam Saliu Mustapha got 7317.
In Ilorin South, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq got 4069, Prof Oba 3465, Hakeem Lawal got 1650, Lukman Mustapha 1350 while Mallam Saliu Mustapha got 4120.
For offa local government Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq got 1480, Prof Oba 626, Hakeem Lawal got 802, Lukman Mustapha 1112 while Mallam Saliu Mustapha got 2612.
At Ifelodun, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq got 3612, Prof Oba 3462, Hakeem Lawal got 2100, Lukman Mustapha 1707 while Mallam Saliu Mustapha got 8418.
As at the time of going to the press, other results are being awaited.
