By Omeiza Ajayi
ABUJA: The disaster rocking the All Progressives Congress APC in Osun State deepened on Saturday after six of the seven disqualified governorship aspirants, led by former Nationwide Secretary of the occasion, Senator Iyiola Omisore, rejected the choice of the screening panel, describing it as a politically-motivated hatchet job that threatens the occasion’s electoral possibilities.
Solely two of the 9 aspirants who appeared earlier than the screening committee have been cleared, whereas seven—together with Omisore—have been disqualified. Omooba Dotun Babayemi was not a part of the complainants.
Talking on behalf of the aggrieved aspirants, Omisore dismissed the report as “the jokest report of the 12 months,” alleging that the panel submitted a number of contradictory paperwork and that the model taken to the occasion secretariat was not the genuine report.
“We’re conscious that the panel members have two, three experiences. The one taken to the secretariat wasn’t the unique report. As we communicate as we speak, none of us has seen their report or why we have been disqualified,” Omisore mentioned, insisting that their political pedigree made the choice laughable.
“You’ll be able to see for your self that if you disqualify folks like us in any contest, the place will we go from there? The occasion is pointing at failure”, he added.
The previous APC Nationwide Secretary additional made a damning allegation in opposition to the chairman of the screening panel, claiming he admitted that the Minister of Marine and Blue Economic system and former Osun State governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, ordered that every one the aspirants be disqualified to pave the way in which for his most well-liked candidate, Wale Oyebamiji.
“He informed us that Minister Gboyega Oyetola known as him that they have to disqualify all of us as a result of he needs his lackey, his poster boy, Oyebamiji,” Omisore mentioned.
When requested to make clear whether or not the panel chairman certainly made such a confession, he responded, “Sure, he informed us that he was underneath stress. Sadly, we’re in it collectively.”
Omisore, who has up to now been the one one among the many disqualified aspirants to satisfy with the enchantment panel, mentioned he demanded to know the precise allegations in opposition to them since none had been communicated.
Based on him, the declare that they did not safe the required 5 nominators per native authorities was baseless.
“The legislation says he who alleges should show. They need to have used one other methodology to disqualify us,” he mentioned.
Though the screening report contained a proviso empowering the Nationwide Working Committee NWC to overrule the panel, Omisore rejected any hypothesis that the NWC may uphold the disqualification.
“You’ll be able to’t shave my head for me. Why don’t you say the NWC will cancel the report of the panel? Why are you pessimistic?
“The NWC in their very own knowledge have the checklist of our occasion members, and we’ve got over 13,000 members who’re financiers. All of us aspirants are responsible of the identical factor, the identical system, the identical means. That’s the difficulty, and it requires warning”, he mentioned.
Requested concerning the implication of the disaster for the occasion’s possibilities within the forthcoming governorship election, Omisore was blunt, pointing to even media experiences acknowledging the divisions throughout the APC.
“You reported that the occasion is factionalized. Even the committee wrote there that the occasion is more likely to lose the election. So what are you speaking about?” he mentioned.
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