Due to an alleged incidence of total votes cast exceeding the number of accredited delegates, the Oyo APC primary appeal panel has completed preparations to reschedule the election of the Oyo South primary for Tuesday, May 31, 2022.
The overall number of accredited delegates was 477, while the total number of votes cast was 575.
Despite the fact that 18 delegates were purportedly missing, it is still unclear how 80 extra votes made it to the polling station.
The primary poll, which was originally scheduled on Saturday, was postponed until Sunday due to technical difficulties.
Heavy security was provided on Sunday, prior to the start of the accreditation, and only accredited delegates and aspirants were permitted in.
Despite this, there were still problems in the way the election was conducted, as Adegboyega Adegoke got 53 votes, Bimbo Adekanmbi 98 votes, Sarafadeen Alli who had earlier withdrawn from the primary got 107 votes, Dr Kola Balogun 93 votes, Idris Kola-Daisi 212 votes, Waheed Olajide 2 votes, Rotimi Francis Adeniyi 4 votes while 6 votes were void.
At the end, the presiding officers on Sunday night could not announce the winner of the primaries due to the 20.5 percent over voting.
Recall that Kolapo Kola-Daisi had earlier been announced as the winner of the primary which held on Sunday at the Le Chatteau Event Centre, Bodija, Ibadan.
The Seven (7) aspirants who participated in the contest include — Adegboyega Adegoke, Bimbo Adekanmbi, Sarafadeen Alli, Kola Balogun, Idris Kola-Daisi, Waheed Olajide and Rotimi Francis Adeniyi.
Meanwhile, Adesoji Akanbi and Ayodeji Karim withdrew shortly before the contest commenced.