Amidst controversy, a former Commissioner for Lands, Housing, and Survey in Oyo state, Mr Isaac Omodewu has emerged as the chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state.
He emerged after delegates reached a consensus at the congress of the party held on Saturday, in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital.
Omodewu hails from Otu in Itesiwaju local government area of the state.
While speaking, the two-term Commissioner appealed to APC members to put their grievances aside and unite to move the party to greater heights.
He urged members of the party to allow peace reign and focus on how to win elections in the State come 2023.
He thanked the leaders of the party for their support, promising to do his best to reconcile aggrieved members and reposition the party
Earlier, some stakeholders and leaders of the party have appealed to the National Secretariat of the party to reconsider its stand on the State congress fixed for Saturday on an alleged manipulation of the delegate lists to the congress.
The leaders also called for an investigation into the allegations of manipulation and doctoring of the party delegate lists by unsuspecting staffers of the National secretariat, adding that those behind as well as their collaborators must be sanctioned accordingly.
Some of the leaders at the Press Conference include, the Minister of Youths and a Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare, Chairman of the Nigerian Communication Commission, Professor Adeolu Akande, Senator Ayoade Adeseun, Senator Olufemi Lanlehin, Chief Niyi Akintola who was represented, the 2019 Governorship flag bearer for the state, Mr Adebayo Adelabu, Ex-SSG Sharafadeen Alli, Dr Azeez Adeduntan and Joseph Tegbe.
Sources close to the party hierarchy hinted that the members sneaked out one after the other from the Jericho Apartment, Jericho where they were lodged to head for Abuja enroute Lagos.
The four members are Mr Lanre Edun, Mallam Abdullai Kontagora, Mr Diran Iyantan and Chief Ralph Igbokwe.
It was gathered that the four members had argued at a meeting of the committee last night that the protest against the delegates list presented at the Stakeholders meeting should not be dismissed if the party would be reconciled for the 2023 elections.
“A member of the committee who spoke with party officials in Abuja explained that the number of gladiators and groups who have protested the controversial list are too numerous to be ignored.
“But the Chairman and Secretary are adamant that the congress must hold with the disputed list”, a source disclosed.
The four members who reportedly explained their worries over the adamance of the Chairman and Secretary walked out of the apartment and organised to be taken to Lagos from where they headed for Abuja.
One of the members who spoke on condition of anonymity confirmed that they had left the Chairman and Secretary in Ibadan as they could not afford to be part of the scam going on in Ibadan.
