By; BAYO AKAMO Ibadan
The prolonged crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State was on Friday laid to rest as the party’s critical stakeholders approved the harmonised list of the state Executives Council of the party.
At the meeting held at Awosika residence of former governor of the state, Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala , the critical stakeholders authenticated the reconciled list of new state executives of the party in line with the APC CECPC directive.
The Chairman of Oyo APC State Congress Appeal Panel Chairman, Chief (Dr.) Samuel Ogbuku in a chat after the meeting hinted that his committee has no right to change the list of winners emanated from the congress but only came to monitor and observe proceedings of the harmonization.
According to Chief Ogbuku, there was no dissenting voice against the 30th Congress results during the meeting, and that the list would be taking to Abuja as it is, saying, ” I have been directed from the National Secretariat of the party. There was a meeting, it was resolved that Chief Adebayo Alao-Akala, former Governor of Oyo, as the leader of the party should call his people to resolve all the issues that are outstanding”.
” And on the strength of that, I came in to Ibadan to meet the leader. Here we are for the meeting to meet the stakeholders here present. I believed that this is the meeting, because, I cannot share myself. We have actually supervised the meeting. I think we have not had any dissecting voice”, he said.
Chief Ogbuku added, ” what we got was the resolution. And the motion was moved by the former Speaker of the Assembly, Hon. Asimiyu Alarape, who is the present minority leader, that the list of the executive elected at the state congress held on 31st October, should be the list of the APC state executive and it was supported by Chief S.A. Adekola.”
” And whatever we have seen here, it is our responsibility to take what we have seen here back to Abuja. So far, nobody is against the Congress result at the meeting of the party stakeholders in the state, and no petition sent to us as appeal committee, we have no option than to ratify the one given to us”.
Speaking further, he stressed,” even if there are complains, we cannot tamper with the results, our responsibility is to take the complain to national headquarters in Abuja.As at the end of this meeting, nobody is against the results but if there is anybody who has any grievances, he can forward it to us. But as at now, we have not received any petition regarding the Congress”.
The Chairman of the Congress Committee, Alhaji Gambo Lawan while speaking reaffirmed that 30th October Congress is sacrosanct and the result stays, adding ” we have done what the party expected of us, the Congress has come and gone. The appeal panel chairman is here, nobody came to complain or written petition, what again than to take the names of the new executives to Abuja”.
At the end of the meeting, the leaders resolved that:* The October 30, 2021 State Congress of Oyo APC followed the zoning template approved on Monday October 11, 2021 by the leaders of the party.
*All tendencies are carried along in the composition of new state
executive members of Oyo State APC according to the adopted zoning template of the party.*In lieu of the above, we hereby attach the harmonised list of Oyo State executives of the All Progressives Congress endorsed and submitted to the National Secretariat of the party by Hon. Gambo Lawan and Hon. Bello Abdullah who are Chairman and Secretary of Oyo APC State Congress Committee respectively.
Former governor of the state, Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala while speaking accused the outgoing Chairman of the party in the state, Chief Akin Oke of ” only trying to sabotage the effort of the national headquarters of the party.”
Otunba Alao-Akala emphasized that there is the need for the party to sanction Chief Oke and others who are trying to scuttle the peaceful resolution being made by party national headquarters.
According to the former governor, it was glaring that neither the Chairman Appeal Panel nor Chairman Congress Committee or himself have right whatsoever to change the list of winners of the APC congress which took place on the 30th October at Liberty Stadium.
At the meeting were former deputy governor, Iyiola Oladokun, Chief Samuel Adekola, Pa Elegbede Sunday, members of the Elders’ Advisory Council which Engr. Idris Adeoye, Chief (Mrs) Yinka Adebayo, Hon Asimiyu Alarape, Hon. Isiaka Kazeem, Hon. Olawumi Oladeji, Hon. Jacob Bamgboye, Chief Wale Ohu, Mrs Monisola Tegbe, Alhaji Kamorudeen Ajisafe, Chief M. K Laoye and Chief Mufu Adisa.
