Ilesa APC denies Aregbesola, Associates

The leadership organs of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ilesa West local government, Osun State, on Tuesday dissociated itself and the party from the tactics of the former member of the Osun State House of Assembly, Hon Wale Adedoyin, in promoting Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola by trying to bring him back to the party through the backdoor.

One would recall that Hon Wale Adedoyin had on Sunday erected a banner with the header “Our Unity is Our Strength” at the Ilesa West APC Secretariat at Isokun, Ilesa, wherein he projected Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola alongside the APC National Leader and President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Osun State APC Leader and the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, HE Adegboyega Oyetola.

The erection of the banner had generated controversies on some APC members dominated social media platforms.

In a disclaimer release signed by Ilesa West APC leadership organs involving the two State Exco members representing the local government, the two LG party chairmen, the LG secretary, the LG women leaders, the LG youth leaders , the ten Wards chairmen and other leaders of the party seen by this publication, the leadership disassociated itself, claiming that Hon. Wale Adedoyin does not enjoy the full privileges of a party member until he is cleared of anti-party allegations against him.

The disclaimer release also mentioned that Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, strongly and massively mobilized his supporters and devotees to work against the Osun state 2022 governorship re-election of HE Adegboyega Oyetola and the 2023 presidentiai ambition of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.