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The aggrieved senatorial aspirant of the All Progressives Congress in Osun East Senatorial Distract, Alhaji Sola Lawal, has challenged Senator Babajide Omoworare, who has been announced as the candidate of the party in the district to produce the evidence of his victory at the primary.

Lawal said this in a statement made available to our correspondent in Osogbo on Tuesday.

The aspirant was reacting to the statement from Omoworare. urging him to accept his electoral loss with equanimity.

Lawal, who is the Publicity Secretary of the APC in Ogun State, maintained that he scored 17 votes out of 23 in a modified primary election, which was conducted at the Government House, Osogbo on December 3.

He explained that the primary, which produced former Governor Isiaka Adeleke and Prof. Sola Adeyeye as the senatorial candidates of the APC in Osun West and Osun Central respectively was held at the same venue using the same method.

He accused Governor Rauf Aregbesola of upturning his victory because of the governors alleged bias for the serving Senator.

Lawal said he held the popular mandate of the party to contest the forthcoming election, describing Omoworares claim of victory as patently fraudulent.

The aspirant urged the federal lawmaker to state where, when and who voted in the primary that allegedly produced him as the candidate of the party.

Lawal said, As for me, the modified primary, sanctioned by the Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, and the party, took place at the Banquet Hall of the Government House on Wednesday, Dec 3.

A total of 23 leaders of the party listened to five of us, including Omoworare delivered speeches, followed by a polling exercise in which I scored 17; Omoworare, three; Kunle Adeniji, two; Mrs Olusola Ibidapo-Obe, zero; Barrister Gbenga Awosode, zero; and one abstention.

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