APC in Ogun State in Fresh Crisis

The newly registered All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State is in disarray, as some leaders of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change, CPC,  have cried foul of the composition of the officers.
The governorship candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) during the 2011 gubernatorial election, Comrade Olawale Okunniyi and some of the State leadership of the party have gone against the idea for some people calling themselves officers of the party without formal principles on State structures by the national leadership of the party.
Okuniyi also described those said to be acting as interim officers of the APC in Ogun State as usurpers and desperate politicians, wanting to supplant the decisions of the interim national leadership of the party, warning them to desist from misleading party stakeholders and prospective members of APC.
Decrying the public posturing of some elements within the party in the State, Okunniyi in a statement today by his media aide, Oluwabori Obafemi, noted that no decision as regards the appointment of interim executive officers or setting up of the State steering team has been taken by the leaders and arrowheads of the merging parties in the State.


“We are seriously perturbed by the display of crass opportunism by some self-seeking leaders of APC in Ogun State. We wish to condemn in strongest terms the usurpation of party authority by these set of ambitious elements within our new mega formation, as their illegitimate attempt to hijack the party structure before formal registration of membership is capable of inciting early disaffection and bad blood within the prospective mega party.
“Moreover, having consulted thoroughly with the arrow heads and key leaders of both ACN and ANPP in the State, we wish to put it on record that at no time and no where did the party caucus or its stakeholders meet to take such very crucial decision as to appointing members of interim steering committee of the party, since there has been no directive and guideline yet from the national headquarters on the template for operational procedure and sharing of party offices at the state level”, he said.
Speaking on why he was absent at the State launch of APC in Abeokuta on Monday, Okunniyi who is eyeing the governorship ticket of the 2015 election under the platform of the new party,said he did not receive any formal invitation from the organisers of the launch nor directive from the national office, added that,the situation makes it inappropriate for him to attend such function


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