The Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission(NCC), Professor Adeolu Akande has called on members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State to remain calm over the lingering crisis trailing the conduct of the party’s state congress, which saw Hon. Isaac Omodewu as new state chairman of the progressive family. Adeolu, in a statement he personally signed and made available to journalists in Ibadan on Sunday, stated that each of the three levels of the congress held in the state remains contentious and calls for the resolute intervention of the national leadership of the party. The statement read in parts:…
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Following the eventual conduct of State Congress of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State on Saturday, October 30th 2021, minister of Youth and Sports, Sunday Dare has called for calm among members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) while insisting that only an all inclusive, transparent and fair congress can save the party in Oyo state from imminent crisis. The minister, however, assured that the national leadership of the party will make the right decision in the matter at hand. “The different parts of Oyo APC forged the unity required by all. This later day seeming hijack of…
The newly-elected State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State, Hon. Isaac Ajiboye Omodewu has lauded solid foundation laid by his predecessor in office, Chief Akin Oke; saying he has kicked off reconciliation moves. Hon. Omodewu, in a statement he personally signed and made available to journalists in Ibadan on Sunday, stated that he would neither grandstand nor bask in the euphoria of self-conviction that all is well within APC Oyo State, when indeed the facts on ground are very obvious. He noted that the newly-elected party executives could not carry out the great tasks of uniting…
Few hours to the State Congress of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State, a group within the party, The United Front (TUF), says it has uncovered plot by the Unity Forum in sync with Mr. Tiri Olowoposi-led faction of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) to incite violence at Obafemi Awolowo Stadium Ibadan, venue of the exercise. TUF, in a statement signed by its Coordinator – Hon. Razaq Bello and made available to journalists in Ibadan on Friday, said it was informed of this by Unity Forum members who are seeking allegiance with mainstream Oyo State…
The Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on party members in Oyo State to discountenance a statement credited to the parry’s State Caretaker Committee Chairman, Chief Akin Oke that ward and local congresses results have been falsified. A member of APC CECPC, Hon. Musiliu Olaide Akinremi, in a chat with journalists on Friday evening, stated that only the national secretariat of the party can determine authentic results of the congresses. “The statement credited to Chief Akin Oke is to stoke tensions among our teeming members in Oyo State. I want to confirm that the…
One of the four Oyo APC chairmanship aspirants, Alhaji Abu Gbadamosi and his supporters are conspicuously missing in an ongoing meeting of party leaders from Oke-Ogun Zone 1. Abu’s absence at the ongoing meeting may be as a result of altercations he had with former deputy governor Iyiola Oladokun on Thursday at Oke-Ado. The State Affairs NG gathered that Alhaji Abu accused Oladokun of scheming to force his personal assistant, Mr. Dele Akinleye on party members in Oke-Ogun Zone 1, though the former deputy governor countered the Ilero-born politician. The State Affairs NG reports that former deputy governor of Oyo…
As the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State holds its state congress on October 30th 2021, prominent party leaders who have served in the executive and the legislative arms of late former governor Abiola Ajimobi’s administration are throwing their weights behind Hon. Isaac Ajiboye Omodewu as next State Chairman of the party. Omodewu who served as honourable commissioner for local government and chieftaincy matters as well as honourable commissioner for Lands and Housing under late governor Ajimobi, was a governorship aspirant of the party in the build to 2019 general elections. In a statement jointly signed on behalf of…
Ahead of the Saturday state congress of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State, leaders and stakeholders of the party have asked party leaders in Oke-Ogun Zone to produce consensus candidate for the position of state chairman. The State Affairs NG reported that Hon. Isaac Ajiboye Omodewu (Itesiwaju LGA), Alhaji Abu Gbadamosi (Kajola LGA), Engr. Yekeen Abolade (Iseyin LGA) and Hon. Dele Akinleye (Itesiwaju LGA) have been cleared by Engr. Idris Adeoye-led Screening Panel to vie for state chairmanship seat of Oyo APC in the Saturday rescheduled congress. The party leaders and stakeholders at their Thursday meeting held at…
Oyo State Former Transition Committee Members (OFORTRACOM) has accused leaders the Unity Forum within the All Progressives Congress (APC) of being behind fake news that are causing crisis among party gladiators in the state. OFORTRACOM, in a statement released by its State Coordinator, Hon. Bakare Akomola and State Secretary, Hon. Ganiyu Tajudeen, accused Unity Forum leaders of being behind the news stories titled “PHOTOS: Florence Ajimobi, Ogunesan, Buhari, Others Moves Against Omodewu Ahead of APC Congress”; “Oyo: Concerned APC Members Counter Rumours Against Florence Ajimobi, Slam Slanderers”; and “Oyo APC Chair: Oke, Florence, Adeolu, Peller, Ogunesan, Back Unity Forum Leader,…
Facts have emerged as to why the state congress of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State has been rescheduled to hold on Saturday, 30th of October 2021. The State Affairs NG reported how the congress was postponed on two different occasions. A member of the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee of the APC and federal lawmaker representing Ibadan North Federal Constituency, Hon. Olaide Akinremi announced the new date on Tuesday in Abuja, after the decision was reached by APC CECPC. He stated that the State Congress Committee would arrive Oyo State any moment and the committee members have been instructed…