LAGOS – Mr Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN), an All Progressives Congress (APC) leader in Ondo State, on Tuesday warned against monetisation of votes in electing the party’s presidential candidate at its national convention.
Akeredolu, who was the candidate of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in the 2012 governorship election in Ondo State, spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.
The APC national convention to pick its presidential candidate is scheduled for Dec. 10 to Dec. 11 at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos with five aspirants.
Akeredolu said: “If really we want to be taken serious, we must put aside money and go for who we believe can win election for us at the national level.
“What is important is the presidency and we should not allow money to determine who emerges as the party’s presidential candidate.
“We cannot allow that to happen at the presidential primary because we must put the party above money politics and pick somebody who can win election for the party.
“Also, it is important for us to ensure that the exercise is free and fair like what happened at the primaries in the states.”
Akeredolu, a former national president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), urged aspirants to see the election as a “family” affair and work toward winning the presidential election in 2015.
The APC presidential aspirants are former Head of State, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and Governor of Kano State, Alhaji Rabiu Kwankwaso.
Others are Governor of Imo, Chief Rochas Okorocha and the Publisher of Leadership Newspapers, Mr Sam Nda-Isaiah. (NAN)
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