The lingering crisis in the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State has taken a new dimension after leaders of the party in Akoko North West accused the state governor, Rotimi Akeredolu of working against the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari.

Addressing journalists on Monday, the APC leaders alleged that the governor’s support for his allies who defected to the Action Alliance (AA) was affecting the fortunes of the party ahead of the presidential election slated to hold on Saturday.

The concerned leaders used the opportunity to alert Buhari and the national leadership of the party of a looming defeat of the APC presidential candidate in Ondo State due to the anti-party activities of Governor Akeredolu.

They also alleged that Akeredolu had mobilized all the state and local government machinery and party resources to support his political allies who are contesting on the platform of the AA.

To avert defeat on Saturday, the party leaders asked President Buhari and the APC leadership to relate and deal directly with the party’s candidates in the state instead of  going through the governor.

“Despite this reality, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has continued to finance the AA and its candidates in Ondo State. It therefore indicates that the governor is indirectly funding the presidential aspiration of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.

“It is a known fact that the leadership of AA in Ondo State has complied with the directives of their national leaders to work for the success of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and all PDP candidates in Ondo State.

“It is no longer news that the media has reported the involvement of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu in anti-party activities. What the media is yet to report is that the governor has mobilized the machinery of the government of Ondo State and local councils to work for his preferred candidates in the Action Alliance (AA).

“For us, we consider the report that Governor Rotimi Akeredolu disbursed the money meant for Ondo APC to his political allies in Ondo AA as the height of anti-party activities.

“In Ondo North Senatorial District and other parts of Ondo State, the money meant for APC was distributed to members of AA,” the leaders alleged.

 Controversies have continued to trail the emergence of candidates of the APC after the primaries. This followed the defection of some aggrieved members of the party loyal to Governor Akeredolu to the AA to actualize their dreams.

The development further fuelled the political conflict between Akeredolu and the Senator representing Ondo North Senatorial District, Ajayi Boroffice who clinched the senatorial ticket of the APC at the expense of other aspirants recommended by the governor.