Former Minister of Power Adebayo Adelabu, who resigned to contest the Oyo governorship primaries, has failed to clinch the ticket of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
Adelabu, who resigned after the deadline set by the President, had hoped to secure the party’s governorship ticket in Oyo State ahead of the 2027 elections.
The former minister was, however, defeated in the contest by Senator Sarafadeen Alli. Alli polled 578,143 votes to defeat Adelabu, who got 19,193 votes.
Following the outcome of the primaries, Adelabu alleged manipulation in the primary process, insisting that the election did not reflect the true wishes of party members.
He promised to challenge the outcome of the election, adding that his team was preparing to petition the party leadership at the national level.
Speaking to reporters during the exercise, the ex-minister said, “In some wards, our people were prevented from voting; they were intimidated, they were chased away violently. And in some wards, voting did not take place at all, but they recorded numbers for them.
“All these kinds of misconduct are not good at this stage of our democracy in Nigeria and something has to be done about it. We are going to write serious petitions against all these things that took place.”
Adelabu has since been replaced by Joseph Tegbe as the Miniter of Power.
