Consensus primary mode best for APC – Gov Ododo

By Jude Opara, Abuja

Ahmed Usman Ododo, the governor of Kogi state and Chairman of the Ekiti governorship primary election has declared that the consensus mode of primary is the best, adding that it has come to stay in the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The governor spoke on Wednesday after he submitted his report from the Ekiti state governorship primary election which returned Governor Biodun Oyebanji as the consensus candidate of the party in the 2026 governorship election in the state.
He argued that the process was very peaceful and stress free because all the party stakeholders agreed to put forward a consensus candidate, which in this case was the incumbent governor.
Ododo attributed the successes recorded by the party to the leadership style of President Bola Tinubu, whom he described as a sincere father and leader that always leads from the front.
“What we are witnessing today and the exercise we have gone to Ekiti state to do that we are celebrating it, being the first of its kind, it is because we have a sincere father, a sincere leader that is leading from the front sincerely.
“History has been made in Ekiti state; for the first time under the leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, APC have laid this template, consensus mode of primary election. Most of us don’t even know what it means and I’ll tell you as it is today, the issue of litigation, no crisis, no fighting, no destruction, no waste of resources.