The crisis within the Ogun State chapter
of the All Progessives Congress has worsened following the refusal of
the National Chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole, to grant the
request of the state governor, Ibikunle Amosun.
Governor Amosun |
The state executive of the party
insisted it would only recognize Adekunle Akinlade as the APC’s
governorship candidate and vowed not to work for its governorship
candidate, Dapo Abiodun, in 2019 except President Muhammadu Buhri
directed otherwise.
Responding to a question on whether the
state APC would support Abidun’s ambition, the party chieftain said, “No
way. We are not going to work for Dapo Abiodun because he was imposed
on us.”
The Presidential Reconciliation
Committee led by Sandra Oladele while addressing the aggrieved
candidates said, “We are here for peace,” assuring that whatever
happened, all parties would be reconciled.
Addressing the press after a closed-door
meeting which lasted for an hour, Adewale Adenaike who spoke on behalf
of the committee, said “We’ve taken the grievances of all and we have
agreed for consideration and resolution.”
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He added that the APC remained as one
big family, irrespective of the differences and stressed that they had
agreed to work together as a party.
Speaking earlier, the Chairman of the
APC, Ogun Central Senatorial district, Yomi Ademefun, who represented
the state APC Chairman, Chief Derin Adebiyi, presented the position of
the state APC to the committee members and demanded that the mandate of
Akinlade and other aggrieved candidates for the Ogun State House of
Assembly be restored.
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