BY TIMOTHY AGBOR, OSOGBO
The Osun Progressives, a caucus of the ruling All Progressives Congress has claimed it won 27 councils out of the 31 Local Government Areas in the state at the just concluded Local Government Congress of the party.
Chairman of the group, Reverend Adelowo Adebiyi stated this on Sunday in a press release made available to The Point.
The caucus backed by the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, held a separate LG Congress in the state on Saturday while another group in the party, Ilerioluwa, that enjoys the support of the state Governor and the party leadership, opted for consensus arrangement for the congress.
Though, the Chairman of the National Committee on the LG Congress, Hon Gbenga Elegbeleye, denied that parallel congress held anywhere in the state. He stressed that “no parallel congress anywhere in the state except on Facebook and other social media platforms.”
But Adebiyi said delegates of the APC who were largely members of the party elected as executives in the last Ward Congress came out on Saturday to elect their party officials at their various local governments.
He expressed happiness at the large turn out of members of the party at local government congress, describing it as impressive.
The former Chairman of the APC in the State noted the huge turnout signposts the desire of the members to really recreate the APC for a more useful purpose and take it away from the near abyss into which it has sunk recently.
He thanked the APC faithful for sharing the laudable desire of a reinvigorated APC that will stand the test of times and be a perennial election winner, which is what the TOP stands for.
He listed the new chairmen in the 28 LGs to include: Chief Muritala Afolabi-Olorunda; Yusuf Adebowale-Irepodun; Alatayo Siji Solomo-Ifelodun; Munirudeen Adeagbo-Orolu; Ajala Abayomi Alani-Ayedire; Alabelewe Adefisayo Ismaila-Ife Central; Ojedapo Adewale Olufemi-Irewole; Alfa Oyekanmi Kazeem-Area Office; Kazeem Odedeyi-Ife North; Oyewole Oni-Obokun, Oladejo Azeez Bakare-Ede North; Sarafa Ayankunbi-Ejigbo; Ogunsina Mojeed-Isokan; Ibisanmi Benjamin-Oriade; Fadipe Adegboyega Emmanuel-Ifedayo; Olakolu Oluwaseun-Atakumosa West; Azeez Adebayo-Osogbo; Hazan Abideen-Ede South; Alaba Teniola-Ilesa East; Akinwumi Akingbade-Ilesa west; Raheem Taofeek Akinola-Iwo; Rauf Adeniran-Egbedore, Kilanko Oluseyi-Ayedaade; Alh. Bisi Omisakin- Ife East, Ajala Adeniran – Odo Otin, Johnson Morounkola- Ife South, Abokede Solomon- OlaOluwa – Olaoluwa
He called for cooperation of members of the party with the new executives by being loyal, active, supportive and abide with all rules and regulations guiding the operation of the party.
