Trouble in kwara Apc as stakeholders want party chairman to resign

Orisun Igbomina, a Social Political group promoting the unity and progress of Igbomina people of kwara state, has called for the immediate resignation of the kwara state APC chairman, Hon Bashir O Oni. In a statement issued after an emergency meeting and signed by the President General Orisun Igbomina organisation, Chief Gbenga Awoyale on friday 23/8/2019, stated that it was unanimously agreed that in the interest of Fairness, Equity and Progress of the Party in the State, the Chairman should immediatly resign his appointment because he was never elected in the first instance as prescribed by our Party’s constitution coupled with his autocratic ways of running the Party as if it’s his personal business empire. The group also identified arrant arrogance and lack of capacity on the part of the Chairman which is unhealthy in a democratic setting. It was this same Chairman that refused to campaign with the APC Governorship Candidate and ordered the Exco members to boycott the campaign. His non challant attitude and arrogance would have cost the party 2019 General election victory. The Organisation condemn in strong terms, the unruly outburst of the Chairman at a meeting between the Excos and the Governor on Monday 12th
August. Similarly, the Chairman on the 21st august 2019 at a reception in honour of the returned Information Minister Alh lai Mohammed , where the Governor was seated, did not acknowledge nor recognize the Governor during his remark and deliberately referred to the Minister as the Leader of the Party, knowingly that the Governor is the leader of the party in the state, this is the height of insubordination which is condemnable. The group noted the outbursts and antagonistic disposition of the Chairman arose from the refusal of the Governor to grant his N10 million request for a one day event in Abuja. This display of arrogance was largely due to the fact that he was not elected but imposed. Chief Awoyale also stated that since there is democratically elected Government in place and the Deputy Governor comes from the same local Government with the Chairman it is politically expedient for the Party Chairmanship position to shift to another local Government in kwara south. Chief Awoyale while declaring support and loyalty of the Orisun Igbomina Organisation to the Governor, commended him for taking bold steps towards delivering the state from wilderness of poverty, ill-infrastructure, corruption and joblessness among others as orchestrated by the last Administration. He said Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has demonstrated high leadership qualities and high sense of commitment to the growth, development and prosperity to the State of Harmony within the shortest time. He praised the Governor for his maturity and patience over the display of arrogance by the APC chairman in the state, who is not known in kwara but lagos and playing the scripts of some Abuja politicians with no impact at home. Chief Awoyale finally advised the Governor not to be distracted by those who are not happy with his achievements and made a passionate appeal to the Governor to extend his road rehabilitation projects to ORO-ESIE-ARANDUN communities and other bad roads in kwara South, stressing that the past Government failed to redeem their campaign promises on the dilapidated road networks.