The primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ward C1, Alimosho Local Government Area, has been disrupted as party faithful bicker over candidate choice.

The lconstituency seat is being contested between Ganiyu Ayuba and Adebisi Adebajo, with supporters on both sides.

At about 1.45 p.m., on the arrival of the Alimosho Local Government Chairman, Akintunde Johnson, at the ward, who is reported to be an avid supporter of one of the candidates, party faithful began chanting the name of their preferred candidate.

This led to the disruption of party members waiting to cast their votes at the venue.

Speaking on the development, the immediate past APC Chairman in Alimosho, Tosin Fatoki, said that the election process would no longer hold.

“The primary election will no longer hold in this ward due to the intense division among party faithful over their preferred candidate.

“At the arrival of the Alimosho LGA chairman, you can observe upheaval among the erstwhile patient party members.

“With this upheaval, many of them have been dispersed, so no primary can hold here today,” Mr Fatoki said.

Another party faithful, who pleaded anonymity, accused the Alimosho LGA chairman of stirring up the crowd.

“They think because they are in power, they can influence party members’ choice of candidate, but we won’t allow it.

“It is because of this intimidation that there will be no election in this ward. As you can see, the people have already been dispersed,” he said.

(NAN)