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The All Progressives Congress (APC), Ondo State chapter is facing a rift ahead of the state's governorship election. A peace meeting at the party's national headquarters ended in deadlock, with Deputy National Chairman, North, Shauibu Lawal stating that differences had been resolved, but the state Chairman, Isaac Kekemeke, still has the endorsement of the party's national leadership. Kekemeke, however, denied any preference and stated that his preferred aspirant would be the person who garnered votes from the delegates. The crisis has worsened as leaders of the party under the aegis of the Ondo APC Elders Forum have flayed the ousted Chairman, Isaac Kekemeke, claiming his attitude almost ruined the party. The party elders have urged their National Chairman, Chief Odigie Oyegun, to resolve the crisis before the governorship primary election and at the national level to resolve the impasse among aggrieved members to prevent the party's collapse.