Crisis is brewing in the Ogun State All Progressives Congress (APC) the removal of some local government chairmen of the party from office.
The chapter is being investigated by the national leadership over the alleged removal of the Chairman of Ijebu Ode council, Mr. Ladi Lekuti; Alhaji Azeez Mohammed of Ado Odo Ota council and Sunday Akinyemi of Yewa North Local Government.
The chairmen were removed, following clashes between the camps of Governor Ibikunle Amosun and Chief Olusegun Osoba and Senator Solomon Adeola.
Sources said that the Reconciliation Committee set up by the National Working Committee (NWC) of the APC has listed Ogun as one of the troubled spots.
A source also said that the committee is already treating a petition dated July 19, 2016 from a lawyer, acting on behalf of the three chairmen, Ajibola Kaka, which also accused the Ogun State chapter of violating Article 17 of the party’s constitution.
The letter quoted Article 17 as indicating that “No officer in any organ of the party shall hold Executive position/office in government concurrently.”
It listed four officials of the party in Ogun, who the counsel said had violated the Article.
The officials are allegedly holding cabinet positions in the state.
But, the Publicity Secretary of APC in Ogun State, Mr. Sola Lawal, said he was not aware of the removal of some party chairmen in any local government Area.
He said there is no section or any party of the constitution of the party that forbids anyone holding party position from occupying government position.
Lawal cited an example of two council chairmen who held party and government positions simultaneously.
He pointed out that he served as a Consultant to Governor Amosun on Communications during his first term in office and at the same time the Publicity Secretary.
He said one of the council chairmen also served as deputy state chairman of the party in Osun State.
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2019: Crisis hits Ogun APC
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Ogun APC ‘won’t impose candidates’
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State has assured aspirants that a “level playing field” would be made available to all.
The Chairman, Roqeeb Adeniji, said as an “umpire”, the executives would neither be “biased” nor resort to an “imposition” of candidates.
Adeniji said this at the party secretariat after collecting expression of interest and nomination forms submitted to him by Monsuru Hassan-Shatoke( House of Representatives aspirant for Abeokuta South) and Bode Mustapha(senatorial aspirant).
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Amosun preaches unity in Ogun APC
•Exco inaugurated
•20 faint at ceremony
Ogun State Governor Ibikunle Amosun has sued for peace in the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
He said he would continue to reach out to aggrieved members, particularly those loyal to former Governor Olusegun Osoba, in order to unite the party.
Amosun spoke yesterday at the June 12 Cultural Centre in Abeokuta, the state capital, at the inauguration of the 36-member APC Executive Committee.
He said uniting members requires “a lot of work”, urging the State Chairman, Alhaji Roqeeb Adeniji, to devise strategies to bring everybody together.
The governor said: “Please, we have a lot of work to do. We cannot afford to lose one member, so the challenge I put to the executive committee and our leaders is that we must find a way to unite everybody.
“We are all winners, so we should see ourselves as such. When you get home, please talk to one another and let us find ways to unite everybody. I thank Almighty Allah for making this day possible in terms of the gift of life and sound health. We all recall that the party has recently been through sequence of events that threatened to divide us.
“But the huge number of party faithful here today is a clear testimony of how we have collectively navigated that treacherous path and came out united and stronger.”
The event almost turned tragic before the governor delivered his speech, as some party members fainted in the congested hall.
The crowd competed for the air coming out of the air condition and the doors had to be opened to let in fresh air.
Over 20 people were rushed to the state hospital.
Amosun said: “I told them to open all the doors after I was told that over 20 people were rushed to the hospital because of the crowd outside. My apologies. We will not hold such an event here again; we will go to the stadium. Please do not be annoyed with me.”
Adeniji urged APC members to work in harmony to build a formidable party, adding: “The task before us all is the 2015 elections and all hands must be on deck. Tendencies that undermine our efforts should be halted forthwith in the interest of the party.
“We cannot build the party with one hand and destroy it with another. I appeal to members who feel aggrieved in one way or the other to join this new process. There is no victor or vanquished, as we all are winners in the APC.
“The APC is an open platform for anyone to realise his/her ambition and no one will be excluded. I assure you that the processes that will produce our candidates will be open, free, fair and merit-based. More than ever before, the time for true leaders to emerge is now via a clear and participative process and that is non-negotiable.”
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Senator calls for reconciliation in Ogun APC
Senator Akin Odunsi (Ogun West District) has called for the harmonisation of contending interests in the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State.
Odunsi said the just concluded ward and local government congresses showed that there was need for genuine reconciliation to ensure the party’s victory in next year’s general elections.
He said the parallel congresses that featured at the ward and local government levels could be prevented from recurring, if members resolve their differences and work together as a family.
Odunsi said: “Nothing is impossible. We can work together as a family. There is need for mutual respect for one another.”
He urged the party’s national leadership to intervene and resolve the differences “aggravated” by the ward and local government congresses.
The senator said: “The time is now for the APC’s national leadership to investigate contending issues in the Ogun State chapter. With the parallel congresses held across the state, the leadership should know that there is a division. We cannot continue like this till 2015. We should work together for the party as an indivisible family, like we did in 2011 when we sent the ruling party packing.”
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Ogun APC mourns
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State has commiserated with Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola on the death of his father, Pa Ibrahim Ademola Fashola.
It described the late Pa Fashola as an epitome of service and industry, whose exemplary life rub off on his son, widely acknowledged as a dynamic governor, who has performed creditably.
A statement by the Publicity Secretary of the APC in Ogun State, Mr. Sola Lawal, reads: “The filial closeness of father and son is an attestation that the personality of the deceased was and still remains the foundation upon which the executive doggedness and competence of the Lagos governor are built.
“No doubt, Pa Fashola lived a fulfilled life by having a son like Governor Fashola, whose emergence as the chief executive of Lagos State has brought smiles to the faces of millions of people through the implementation of citizen-oriented programmes.”