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Osun APC Members Petition Party Leadership, Seek Disqualification Of Reps Aspirant

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3 years ago

May 25, 2022

A group, Concerned Members of the All Progressive Congress (APC), has petitioned the National Chairman and Secretary of the party, Senator Abdullahi Adamu and Senator Iyiola Omisore, demanding the disqualification of Mr. Oluseun Odofin, a House of Representatives aspirant for the Obokun/Oriade Federal Constituency of Osun State.

The group said Odofin was erroneously issued a Certificate of Clearance by the Screening Committee set up by APC because he allegedly concealed crucial information from the committee.

A petition dated May 23, sighted by DAILY POST on Wednesday was jointly signed by Mr. Alofe Babatunde and Ms. Modupe Adedayo, and submitted at the party secretariat in Abuja on Monday.

The group said: “We the above-mentioned concerned members of the All Progressive Congress (APC), of the Oriade/Obokun Federal Constituency, Osun State hereby write to appraise your good offices of the non-qualification, forgery of submitted documents, non-appearance before the Screening Committee during the screening exercise and illegally obtaining the Certificate of Clearance of the APC from the screening Committee by Oluseun David Odofin.

“It came to our attention that Oluseun David Odofin was issued a Certificate of Clearance, however, we are of the firm opinion that the same was erroneously issued because he obtained the same by concealing crucial information from the screening committee and forging his resignation documents.

“We have been apprised by our reliable source that the said Oluseun David Odofin is currently serving as a political appointee at the National Assembly, while purposely misleading the Committee that he had resigned his appointment.”

The group insisted that owing to this finding, it was of the belief that his participation in the party’s primary election and possibly becoming party’s flag bearer would jeopardise the party’s interest in the forthcoming general election if the opposing party were to challenge the said primaries in court.

Responding, Odofin described the group as faceless, while also describing the allegation as spurious.

The aspirant noted that he resigned his appointment on March 10 because he knew that allegations like this would come up.

Odofin was of the view that the person behind it was afraid of facing him either at the primary election or at the general election, hence, the person’s decision to engage the services of a “faceless group”.

His words: “I have resigned a long time ago immediately they amended the Electoral Act. I resigned on March 10 because I knew this would come up. I have to meet up with the timing that was why I resigned and sent my resignation letter.

“Two months ago my salary was stopped. I don’t receive any salary anymore. They can go there and check the records if I have been receiving salaries.”

On the allegation that he didn’t attend the screening, Odofin said, “that was why I said these people are faceless. I was screened for two days. The first day we were given a form to go and fill. We filled the form and we came back the following day and submitted the form and we were screened. I was screened and cleared. So, I don’t know what they are talking about.

“I don’t even know what the certificate looks like. I have not seen the certificate, I did not receive any certificate. This is just malicious, spurious. Just to malign my name, just to stop me from participating in the primary. That tells you that someone, somewhere that is so afraid to face me whether at the primary or at the main election is behind this.”

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I’m Not Ready To Go Into The Gutters With Anyone – Makinde

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24 hours ago

August 21, 2025

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Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Thursday, said he is not ready to “go low with anyone who decides to go into the gutters.”

He made this statement while addressing journalists shortly after the South-West zoning consultative summit of the Peoples Democratic Party, held in Lagos.

He said, “Personally, when people go low or go into the gutters, I don’t go with them. Some people are now going into the gutters. We will reach out to them. That is democracy.

“I can disagree with people, but there shouldn’t be anything personal here. It should be about what we are giving to Nigerians because they are watching.”

The governor added that despite challenges, recent elections had shown that the PDP remained a formidable force.

“In all our states, they showed last Saturday that PDP is not dead. In most other places of the 12 states, PDP came second. It is an indication to us that if we continue to work hard, we can reclaim the confidence of Nigerians,” he said.

When asked about discussions on zoning of the PDP presidential ticket to the South, Makinde said the party was not yet at that stage.

“We haven’t even gotten there. We need to have a party first before you start talking about presidential candidates. If we don’t have a party, anything you are trying to do will fall flat.

“Our efforts right now are directed towards having a vibrant and united PDP that Nigerians will be proud of and believe in again,” he said.

Dignitaries at the meeting include the Chairman of PDP Board of Trustees, Adolphus Wabara, Chairman of the party’s National Zoning Committee and Bayelsa state governor, Douye Diri; Governors Ademola Adeleke of Osun state, Peter Mba of Enugu State, represented by his deputy, Ifeanyi Ossai; former Osun Governor, Olagunsoye Oyinlola; Bode George; and Monsurat Sunmonu.

Others were 12 of the 17 PDP National Assembly members and key stakeholders of the party from across the southern states.

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2027 Presidency: Idahosa Reiterates Okpebholo’s Promises Of Delivering Edo To Tinubu

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3 days ago

August 19, 2025

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Edo State deputy governor, Hon. Dennis Idahosa on Tuesday reiterated the promise of Governor Monday Okpebholo of delivering the state to President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2027.

The deputy said that the just concluded by-elections in the state was an affirmation of that promised made by his principal.

Idahosa stated this in a press statement sogned by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Friday Aghedo, and made available to newsmen.

He said Okpebholo did not just make the promise of delivery the state to the APC, but that Edo will secure 2.5m votes for the President in 2027.

He commended the leadership of the party across Ovia federal constituency for their providing the leadership that made a APC victorious on Saturday.

He, however, noted that there was more room for improvement ahead of the 2027 general elections.

According to him, “after the victory, we called the leadership of the Ovia federal constituency to review and evaluate our performance at the poll, to observe areas where we need to work on next time.

“The bye-election was a litmus test for the 2027 presidential election. We are fully ready.”

Idahosa also used the opportunity to sensitize the people on the ongoing continuous voters registration and revalidation process by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

He also reeled out measures in place by the party to get new registered members for the exercise when commenced on Monday.

“We are going to constitute subcommittees to mobilize people who have not yet registered to enable us actualize on the promised votes to the president,” he said.

Meanwhile, the House of Representatives member elect, Omosede Igbinedion, promised to deliver on her campaign promises to the people.

“Ovia Federal Constituency should expect nothing but the best, in terms of representation and also in terms of developmental strides.

“We will come through, in anything we can do, from the federal level to complement the governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, and the tremendous work he is doing at the state.

“Ovia is looking very bright. The deputy governor, Dennis Idahosa, has laid a good foundation we will build upon that foundation,” she said.

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APC Disowns Members Calling For State Secretary’s Resignation

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3 days ago

August 19, 2025

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The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State has urged members of the public to disregard those calling for the resignation of the state secretary, Engr. Lawrence Okah, saying they are not members of the party.

Recall that a group named Oredo Local Government All Progressives Congress Concerned Group had yesterday, Monday August 18, 2025, during a press conference, called for the resignation of the state secretary of the party over alleged marginalisation.

The group, led by its coordinator, Osamuyi Osadiaye had during the press conference alleged that Okah had arrogated all political positions allocated to Oredo LG to his Ward 7, thereby making the remaining 11 wards in the local government area irrelevant.

But in a swift reaction in a statement made available to INFO DAILY, Osamudiamen Osarenkhoe and Magdalene Isekhure, Oredo APC Chairman and Secretary respectively, alleged that the people behind the call were sponsored by the opposition, insisting that they are not known to the APC in the local government.

The duo, while calling on the general public to disregard the call for the secretary’s resignation, noted that Okah is a “reputable party man who has put everything humanly and constitutionally possible to ensure that APC remains the party to beat in Edo state and Nigeria as a whole.”

The statement partly reads: “The leadership of APC in Oredo Local Government area views the activities of those involved in the illicit campaign as one that is sponsored by opposition political parties.

“Firstly, the group members connected to the media statement coordinated by one Osamuyi Osadiaye are not known members of the APC in Oredo Local Government Area.

“They are impostors and interlopers trying to create trouble in the local government chapter of the APC.

“Members of the public are hereby called upon to disregard the Press statement in its entirety as everything said by the fake APC members are all lies from the pit of hell.”