Ondo APC group warns against moves to create faction within party

By Dayo Johnson, Akure

A radical wrong the All Progressives Congress (APC) successful Ondo State, the Asiwaju Media Team, has condemned the enactment of immoderate parallel structures wrong the party.

It described specified actions arsenic divisive and contrary to the unity and subject that specify the APC.

The Director General of the group, Prince Emorioloye Owolemi, successful a connection expressed interest implicit what it described arsenic “renewed attempts by definite individuals to destabilize the enactment by operating extracurricular recognized structures.”

Owolemi said that immoderate cardinal stakeholders of the APC successful the authorities had, astir 2 years ago, engaged successful a strategy wherever they allegedly collected wealth from absorption members nether the guise of securing national appointments for them.

The matter, Owolemi said, was reported to the Presidency, which subsequently led to the termination of the “illegally obtained” appointments.

“Since that exposure, those liable person distanced themselves from the genuine APC structures successful Ondo State.

 “Rather than moving with the enactment to beforehand bully governance, they person resorted to mendacious propaganda aimed astatine creating a rift betwixt the President and the authorities leadership.”

Owolemi further alleged that arsenic preparations statesman for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s second-term campaign, the aforesaid individuals are “trying to regain favour with the President by floating a parallel organ,” an enactment helium described arsenic unconstitutional and detrimental to the party’s unity.

He noted that it was unacceptable for national appointees to run arsenic autarkic enactment groups erstwhile specified actions weaken the aforesaid governmental level that gave them their relevance.

The connection emphasized that the APC’s spot successful Ondo State lies successful its grassroots structures and authentic enactment groups that worked tirelessly during the 2023 wide elections.

Owolemi said the alleged “parallel organ” neither participated successful the 2023 campaigns nor has immoderate morganatic assertion to enactment enactment up of 2027.

He besides alleged that galore of those down the question were long-time governmental appointees who had held assorted offices since 1999 but were removed by the existent medication of Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa to let caller faces and broader information wrong the party.

“The Aiyedatiwa medication has deliberately opened the abstraction for inclusion, giving opportunities to genuine APC loyalists who person served the enactment faithfully since its formation,” helium stated.

Owolemi accused the dissident radical of operating from Abuja and Port Harcourt to “destabilize the peaceful coexistence of APC families successful Ondo State,” alternatively of joining the corporate effort to fortify the enactment for the 2027 elections.

“If they genuinely question redemption earlier the President aft their earlier misconduct, they should person chosen the way of loyalty, contrition, and work — not further provocation,” helium added.

While affirming that President Tinubu remains the nationalist person of the APC and Governor Aiyedatiwa the person of the enactment successful Ondo State, Owolemi warned that those backing absorption narratives oregon spreading damaging accusation astir national and authorities officials were “neither helping the President nor the party.”

He assured that Ondo State remains firmly aligned with the imaginativeness of President Tinubu and Governor Aiyedatiwa, adding that the state’s unity and loyalty volition beryllium important successful ensuring APC’s triumph successful 2027.

He declared that “Our unity, not factionalism, volition unafraid triumph successful 2027 and support the advancement we person fought for.

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