APC aspirants deny Obasa sponsored primary protest

A coalition of All Progressives Congress (APC) aspirants in Lagos State has vehemently denied allegations that the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, sponsored protests against the party's primary election results. Viral messages had claimed Obasa funded a protest at the APC's Lagos State Secretariat with N2 billion.

The aspirants asserted that the protests, which involved APC members from various local government areas, were a genuine and spontaneous expression of dissatisfaction. They insisted that the allegations of sponsorship were insulting and dismissed the idea that party members needed funding to voice legitimate concerns about alleged manipulation, result distortion, and disregard for party guidelines during the primaries.

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To suggest that thousands of committed APC members and supporters required sponsorship before voicing their frustrations is insulting to their intelligence and dismissive of their legitimate concerns.

"To suggest that thousands of committed APC members and supporters required sponsorship before voicing their frustrations is insulting to their intelligence and dismissive of their legitimate concerns," the aspirants stated. They accused unnamed individuals of attempting to scapegoat the Speaker to divert attention from the core issues of fairness and transparency in the primary process.

Speaker Obasa also refuted the claims, describing them as "foolhardy, malicious, misleading and baseless." He questioned the logic behind the accusations, pointing out that he was neither a candidate nor a beneficiary of the disputed primaries, making the idea of him funding protests illogical. Obasa reiterated his commitment to peace and unity within the APC.

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Foolhardy, malicious, misleading and baseless.