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Omisore was a stalwart of the Alliance for Democracy (AD) where he aspired to be governor of the state in 1999, but failed to get the party’s ticket.
Chief Bisi Akande won the party’s governorship ticket with Omisore becoming his running mate. Consequently, AD won the election and after their swearing in, Akande and Omisore had a frosty relationship leading to an attempt to impeach Akande. The impeachment plot against the governor failed and later, Omisore left AD for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
There were several intrigues and controversies that time and the political environment was tensed.
One of the controversies was the assassination of a key AD chieftain, the former Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Chief Bola Ige on December 23, 2001.
Against the backdrop of the recent backlash following the comments made by the former governor of Osun State and Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, at Ifofin, Ward 8, Ilesa East Local Government Area, last week Friday after he revalidated his membership, the ruling All progressives Congress (APC) has boasted that the party remains indivisible irrespective of the perceived differences within its rank and file.
The party gave the assurance on Wednesday in a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Wole Adunola and made available to DAILY POST.
The spokesperson of the party said that rather than joining issues with the Minister, he only advises members of the party to be wary of frivolous comments and bear in mind that whatever the perceived differences at the moment, the party remains a one big family and that conflict of interest will be resolved amicably among the leaders of the party.
It’s beginning to look like the the ongoing membership revalidation exercise by the All Progressives Congress might turn out a misadventure, writes Chuks Okocha
The All Progressives Congress (APC) membership registration is enmeshed in crises in many states of the federation – starting from Osun, Delta, Kwara, Rivers and Imo States among others that are yet to manifest the inherent crisis. Many party chieftains have queried the rationale for the exercise, describing it as a civilian coup to hijack the party by President Muhammadu Buhari’s men against Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his team.
Many others have equally described the revalidation exercise as the road to self-destruct by the party. They likened the exercise to the crisis that would befall the APC and eventually weakens the party to the extent that the centre would no longer hold thereafter.
APC: Crisis trails membership registration exercise in South-East, Delta, Kwara, Osun
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By Festus Ahon, Demola Akinyemi, Omeiza Ajayi & Shina Abubakar
THE ongoing membership registration exercise of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has run into hitches, crisis in the South-East, Delta, Kwara and Osun states.
There was paucity of registration materials in the South-East geo-political zone, and Osun State. The exercise was suspended in Delta State, yesterday, following disagreements among party leaders over alleged removal of the names of some people nominated for registration to favour a faction by the State Caretaker Committee Chairman, Prophet Jones Erue.
Prophet Jones Erue confirmed the suspension order but denied removing names of some of those nominated for the exercise. In Kwara, factional members of the state executives alleged hoarding of registration and revalidation materials to deny some members registration.