Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja
There were strong indications that the Governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun and a former Governor of the state, Chief Olusegun Osoba have begun supremacy battle ahead of 2019 governorship race in the state.
Our correspondent gathered that the succession game among the members of the All Progressives Congress in the state has polarised the party into factions.
While the governor is alleged to be heading one, Osoba is also believed to be in control of another faction.
A group purportedly loyal to Osoba, led by the Ogun Central Senatorial District Chairman of APC, Mr. Kunle Adesina, in Abuja on Tuesday, took a protest to the national secretariat.
The group submitted a petition to the National Chairman of the party, Chief John Oyegun, accusing Amosun of “impunity and imposition” in the state chapter of the ruling party.
The petition read in part, “The latest flagrant violation of our party’s constitution occurred during the recent congress held on Saturday, July 29, 2017, across the LGAs and LCDAs of the state.
“In all material particulars, the Congresses did not follow the Constitution of the party and guidelines of conducting such crucial exercise.
“We got to know of the holding of these Congresses on state television OGTV only a few hours before the event. Even at that, all our members perceived to be out of tune with the governor’s succession game plan who showed up at the venues of the event were turned back forcefully.”
Adesina, who later addressed journalists shortly after the over two hours closed doors meeting with Oyegun, called for the cancellation of the congresses which he described as “kangaroo.”
He said, “The exercises carried out were a sham as they were in utter contravention of our party’s constitution.
“We, therefore, call on the chairman and all other members of the National Working Committee to bring to play your purposeful and directional leadership in ensuring that justice is not only done but is seen to be done.”
Meanwhile, the party says it has no special interest among the 12 aspirants that have shown interest in flying its flag in the forthcoming governorship election in Anambra State.
The primary election is slated for Saturday, August 26 in Akwa, where state capital.
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