Oyo APC Groups, Adelabu Demand Immediate Release Of Authentic Wards, LGs Congresses Results

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By; BAYO AKAMO, Ibadan


Worried by the last minute postponement of Oyo State All Progressives Congress (APC) state congress, three groups and a chieftain of the party on Sunday demanded immediate release of the authentic results of the ward and local congresses held in the state.
The groups namely  Unity Forum, Ajimobi Legacy Forum (ALF),  Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) and the APC governorship candidate in the 2019 general elections, Chief Adebayo Adelabu made the demand in a statement in Ibadan.
In the statement signed on behalf of the groups by Senator Ayoade Adeseun; former Minister for Communications,, Alhaji Adebayo Shittu and Senator Soji Akanbi for the Unity Forum; former Secretary to the State Government under the Ajimobi Goverment, Chairman of ALF, Chief Kunle Sanda for the ALF, Alhaji Sarafa Ali and Mr. Bimbo Adepoju for the ZLP and Chief  Adelabu emphasized that the release of the authentic lists would go a long way in dousing tension in the party.
Tasking members of the party to remain calm on the postponement of the state congress, the groups maintained that they are in support of the decision by the party to elect its state officers through consensus and zoning of the offices to the zones.
“We are respectfully calling on the National Secretariat of the party to release the authentic  result of the ward and local government congresses.The outcome of the congresses have been subject of allegations and counter allegations and it was high time we lay the matter to rest. The party stakeholders at a meeting in Lafia Hotel resolved that ward officers would be elected by consensus”, it said
The groups added, ” this was achieved in most local governments although the result is yet to be made public. The consensus approach was also adopted for the local government congress whose result is yet to be released”.
” This has created a lot of speculations within the party. The postponement of the state congress has further created further worries in the party. The preference of the party leadership under Gov Mai Bala  Buni for a consensus approach to elect officers has encouraged the tendencies in the party in  Oyo State to come together”, 
The groups pointed out that, ” so far,three of the four tendencies are working together to restore the party to its old glory in the state.”
“We call on the leadership of the party to encourage this process by releasing the authentic result of the congresses held at the ward and local government  levels which were successfully executed through the consensus approach”.
Some of the other members of the three tendencies include Senator Olufemi Lanlehin, Senator Adesoji Akanbi, Alhaji Abdulraman Adebayo Shittu, former Minister for Communications, Rt. Hon. Gunju Ojo, former Speaker, Oyo State House of Assembly , Alhaji Waheed Olajide, former Secretary to the Government of Oyo State, Barrister Michael Lana, former Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Oyo State, Alhaji Fatai Ibikunle, Chairman, Nigerian Lotteries Commission, Dr. Ismail Adewusi, Post Master General of the Federation, Professor Adeolu Akande, Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Zach Adelabu Adedeji, Secretary, Nigeria Sugar Development Commission, Hon. Gbenga Olayemi, former Chairman, Oyo State Youth Development Agency and Hon Yekini Popoola, former Chairman, Association of Local Government Chairmen of Oyo State (ALGON), Hon. Abass Aleshinloye, former Chairman, Association of Local Government Chairmen, Alhaji Isiaka Alimi, Deputy State Chairmen, APC, Chief Goke Oyetunji, Vice Chairman, APC, Oyo State.

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