APC leaders in Ibadan-North reject candidature of Hon Akinremi as reps consensus candidate

From Ogundele Olanrewaju

The factional leaders of All Progressive Congress (APC) in Ibadan North federal Constituency has rejected the return ticket and distance themselves from the consensus candidature of Hon. Musiliu Akinremi who is currently representing Ibadan North federal Constituency at the house representative.

This was stated by the secretary of All progressive Congress ibadan north local government committee of leaders, Hon. Akeem Adebiyi while leading thousands of All progressive Congress supporters at the local government to reject Hon Musiliu Akinremi’s Consensus candidature.

Hon. Adebiyi explained that Ibadan North needs a quality representative to represent the local government at the federal level because the local government which has been the home of elite and inhabited educational institutions the n the state.

He further noted that Ibadan North federal Constituency needs a firebrand legislators that would sponsors and promote bills, promote quality debate, initiate meaningful bills that would bring good social services.

Hon. Adebiyi added that three other aspirants under the party at the local government have obtained nomination forms to represent Ibadan North federal Constituency which denied the candidature of Hon. Musiliu Akinremi.

He promised that the leaders of the party at the local government will continue to throw their weight behind all the known tenets of democracy and work assiduously to ensure the success of the party at the forthcoming 2023 election in the state and Nigeria as a whole.

Hon. Adebiyi urged the leaders of the party to ensure that the tenets of democracy is strictly adhere to, where direct primary and some other tools of democracy is being practice.

The statement read:

“Our attention has just been drawn to the statement credited to the representatives of the factional leaders in Ibadan North federal Constituency, to wit the group, which was represented by Hon. Shina Alabi claimed that the serving honourable representating Ibadan North federal Constituency, Hon. Musiliu Olaide Akinremi, has been unanimously endorsed by all the leaders in the Constituency to continue in office”.

“According to him, there was a consensus arrangement to this effect, hence, the purchase of nomination form for him by the stakeholders under reference”.

“At this juncture, we wish to distance ourselves from this fraudulent endorsement and shady consensus arrangement as such, there is no iota of truth in Hon. Shina Alabi’s narratives”.

“As at today, three other bonafide members of the party have obtained the nomination forms aspiring to represent Ibadan North federal Constituency in the year 2023- 2027 legislative session”.

For the avoidance of the doubt they are:

Hon. Olaitan Victor (Ward 5)

Hon. Arisekola Farouk (Ward 5)

Hon. Khalid Mustapha (Ward 5)

“In coming days, more competent and qualified aspirants may likely indicate their interests.

“In retrospect, it saddens one’s mind to recall that the same crude method and inglorious propaganda was adopted to hijack the party structure in the local government when Hon. Musiliu Akinremi had the opportunity to serve as a member of the I’ll fated caretaker committee at the National level”.

“The judgement of history is that the executives produced by the caretaker committee under reference is now a subject of litigation and controversy”.

“This has rendered the party, APC, in the state to be a decrepit organization, having been torn into shreds by the greediness and selfish agenda of Musiliu Akinremi and his cohorts.

“It is a paradox of tragic proportion to observe that some anti-democratic forces within the APC could resort to deliberate falsehood being the beneficiaries of filthy lucre from a representative whose dismal performance in office are open secret.

“We wish to posit here that Ibadan North federal Constituency deserves better representation in the next National Assembly, same being the home of elites .

“In essence, we need a firebrand legislators, who shall initiate bills, promotes quality debates, a unifier and not a bench warmer and an agent of decisive politics”.

So to speak, a representative that is free from legal encumbrance and controversies.

“Further more, we shall always throw our weight behind all known tenets of democracy and work assiduously to ensure the success and Victory of the party at the forthcoming polls in Oyo state and by extension, Nigeria as a whole”.