No fewer than three aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who were anointed as consensus candidates by Governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa for the House of Representatives seats have been disqualified by the party.

The three of the nine aspirants endorsed Aiyedatiwa, who have been screened out were identified as Tajudeen Adefisoye (Idanre/Ifedore federal constituency), Victor Ategbole (Akoko South-East/South-West federal constituency) and Samuel Arowele (Owo/Ose federal constituency).

Others not cleared along with the governor’s preferred aspirants are Seun Ajongbolo (Akoko South-East/South-West federal constituency), Morufu Ibrahim, Oyeniyi Oseni ((Akoko North-East/North-West) and Olaleye Adedipe (Akoko North-East/North-West).

With the reasons for the disqualification of the aspirants not revealed by the party in a statement issued at the weekend by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Felix Morka, some aspirants in the state had kicked and condemned the endorsement of the anointed aspirants.

Meanwhile, there was large turnout of APC members in the state during the direct primary conducted across the 203 wards of the state.

While monitoring the exercise in Akur metropolis, it was gathered that party members were arrived at the designated wards in their number around 8:00am with the officials of the party doing a headcount of everyone.

At Wards 4, 5, and 8, members of the party were seen queuing behind the poster of the aspirants they are supporting.

Meanwhile, there was an uproar in some of the wards as party faithful lamented that there were no signs of the electoral officials of the party on the ground to take record of the exercise.