The crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State appears to have deepened after disqualified governorship aspirant and a former National Secretary of the party, Iyiola Omisore, rejected the decision of the screening panel, describing it as a politically-motivated hatchet job that threatens the party’s electoral chances.
Out of the seven aspirants of the APC in Osun State, Only two were cleared, while others including Omisore were disqualified.
Speaking in the aftermath of the disqualification, Omisore dismissed the report as “the jokest report of the year,” alleging that the panel submitted multiple contradictory documents and that the version taken to the party secretariat was not the authentic report.
“We are aware that the panel members have two, three reports, the one taken to the secretariat wasn’t the original report, infact as we speak today, none of us has seen their report or why we were disqualified,” Omisore said, insisting that their political pedigree made the decision laughable.
“You can see for yourself that when you disqualify people like us in any contest, where do we go from there? The party is pointing at failure”, he added.
The former APC National Secretary further made an allegation against the chairman of the screening panel, claiming that the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy and former Osun State governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, ordered that all the aspirants be disqualified to pave the way for his preferred candidate, Wale Oyebamiji.
“He told us that Minister Gboyega Oyetola called him that they must disqualify all of us because he wants his lackey, his poster boy, Oyebamiji,” Omisore said.
When asked to clarify whether the panel chairman indeed made such a confession, he responded, “Yes, he told us that he was under pressure.
Unfortunately, we are in it together.”
Omisore, who has so far been the only one among the disqualified aspirants to meet with the appeal panel, said he demanded to know the specific allegations against them since none had been communicated.
According to him, the claim that they failed to secure the required five nominators per local government was baseless.
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