Some stakeholders have expressed dissatisfaction with the list of members to visit Mala Mai Buni, governor of Yobe State and national caretaker chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, to resolve the logjam rocking the party in Oyo State.
They accused the outgoing chairman of the party, Akin Oke, of taking side in the crisis as he prepared and signed the list of those to be invited for the Abuja meeting.
Invitation letters, OYOINSIGHT.COM learnt, had been sent to Sunday Dare; members of Ajimobi Legacy Forum, under the leadership of Kunle Sanda; members of the Unity Group, led by Ayo Adeseun; Adebayo Shittu; frontline lawyer, Chief Niyi Akintola, SAN, and Adeolu Akande.
Also invited for the meeting former governor Adebayo Alao-Akala, Tesilm Folarin and members of Omodewu-led newly elected State Working Committee, SWC.
But the party members, who preferred to remain anonymous, said that “Everything that qualify the former senators to be included in the list, qualify the former members of the house of representatives in the state. Why would you invite people who have never contested election and leave out those who have contested and won election. That is partiality on the side of Chief Akin Oke. At this age, he should be committed to the unity within members of the party. Maybe it is true that he is working to be asked to continue as chairman of the party. But it is not too good. It is not that we have issues with those who have been invited, but we have many others who should have been invited. We have Hon. Saheed Akinade-Fijabi and Hon. Sunday Adepoju. These are two-term members of the House of Representatives. There are many others. We have financiers. We have members of the house of the assembly. It is just so sad that Chief Oke is playing a divisive politics.”
It would be recalled that OYOINSIGHT.COM had exclusively reported the names of APC members from the state who are to meet Mai Buni.
The stakeholders’ meeting had become necessary following the dispute that has greeted last Saturday’s congress in the state.
This newspaper recalls that Oke had, few hours to the congress, alleged falsification of the delegates’ list to be used for the exercise.
Ajiboye Omodewu would later emerge chairman after been affirmed through voice votes by delegates present at the Liberty Stadium.
