*Unity Forum rejects Alao-Akala committee
By; BAYO AKAMO, Ibadan
Crisis is now rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State as the Unity Forum arm of the party rejected the setting up of a committee to consider zoning of positions and conduct the state congress of the party.
The Committee according to sources was reportedly set up by the Chairman APC Elders Advisory Committee led by a former governor of Oyo state, Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala
Unity Forum in a statement issued in Ibadan kicked against the setting up of the committee stating that it was not consulted in the constitution of the committee.
The Forum also described the setting up of the committee as ” a fraudulent plot by a minority group within the APC to impose itself on the overwhelming majority of members of the party.
According to Unity Forum in the statement, there was no basis for such a committee adding that members of the party in and across the state should ignore this new scheme ” by the largely PDP elements in the state APC to hijack the party in the tradition of the party from which they recently joined the APC.”
In the statement, Unity Forum frowned at what it called lack of good faith on the part of Otunba Alao Akala on the quest by party members to have one united state congress on October 16. Unity Forum in the statement stressed that Otunba Alao-Akala ” only confirmed the justification for the reservation of most members of the party about the PDP group when the idea of a unity congress was muted.”
“On Wednesday September 29,2021 a three-man delegation of the Unity Forum met with Governor Akala on the need for a single state congress. Governor Akala agreed on the need for a critical stakeholders meeting”, it said.
The Forum added, ” it was agreed that both sides should generate 13 names for the congress. He indeed sent the list of 13 nominees and consultations were on for the remaining 13 nominees when suddenly there was news of the constitution of a 9- man zoning committee.”
