The newly elected State Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State will be inaugurated tomorrow.
According to a statement by APC Publicity Secretary Mr. Dauda Kolawole, the ceremony will hold at the party’s Southwest Zonal Secretariat in Alakia, Ibadan.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) and Accord in Oyo State engaged yesterday in a war of words.
Accord leader former Governor Rashidi Ladoja, at a rally to welcome new members into his party in Lalupon, Lagelu Local Government, accused the Governor Abiola Ajimobi administration of ineptitude.
The APC, in a statement by its Interim Publicity Secretary, Kolawole Dauda, told Ladoja to focus on his trial for alleged fraud, adding that he had no moral right to criticise anyone until he clears his name.
Ladoja said: “The government is full of deceit. When they came in, they said they did the express way, but why can’t they develop areas like Labo, Gege Oke-Are and Isale-Osi.
“They have enslaved the people through their various lies. They claim taps are running in the state; it is not true. Half of the money they spent on flowers and landscaping could have been spent on providing classrooms and furniture in schools. If the schools they attended were like the ones they are running now, would they have attained their present status? In the past, we did not have more than 30 pupils per class, but now, in some schools, they have 10 classes being attended to by four teachers. With this, what type of future are we giving our children.
“Since Alhaji Lamidi Adesina’s death, the governor assumed he has no leader again. This government does not mean well for the people. I implore you to be law abiding and peaceful in your conduct. By the grace of God, we shall form the next government in the state with the assistance of the electorate.”
APC said: “It is only in a Third World country like ours that someone on trial for allegedly defrauding the state would not be sober, but preening himself like a turtle-dove and preparing to come back to the same seat where he performed woefully. In Oyo State, we have about three of such: Ladoja, Adebayo Alao-Akala and Femi Babalola. What unites these three governorship aspirants is the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). They are all on trial for allegedly siphoning billions of the people’s money.
“In the state’s history, no government has brought as much development to the state as the APC administration. Even outsiders curse past governors for retarding the state’s growth. While they were in office, it was one violence incident or the other. While Ladoja was arrogant and did not nominate board members for close to two years, Alao-Akala was busy running after his cosmetics. It is only now that the people can point to development.”
Some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State, who were originally members of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), have denied reports that they have defected to the Labour Party (LP).
In a statement, the politicians described the report as “baseless and a deliberate attempt to mislead thousands of members, supporters and admirers of the defunct CPC across the country”.
The statement, signed by Alhaji Tajudeen Bello, Pastor Adeniyi Adetunji and Alhaji Abideen Oladineji, said the politicians are still in the APC and have no plans to join the LP or any other party.
They said they would not do anything to jeopardise the APC, “which was formed to rescue the country”, adding: “Our merger in APC has come to stay. So also is our membership, and as such, we will remain in APC with the hope that the party will do what is right.”
The Acting Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State, Chief Akin Oke, yesterday said the party’s list of nominees into the State Executive Council (SEC) will be submitted to the governor fore the end of the week.
Governor Abiola Ajimobi dissolved the SEC about two weeks ago.
Oke debunked a rumour that the party was responsible for the delay in the composition of a new council, saying: “How could anyone say that. The party received the request for the list of nominees last Friday and it is not something you sit in your bedroom to do. You need to consult widely across the state with all interest groups and local governments to come up with an accepted list. Before this week runs out, the party will submit its final list of nominees to the governor.”