The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has dismissed a purported checklist of consensus candidates being circulated on social media, describing it as pretend and politically motivated.
In a press release issued on Sunday, the APC accused the ruling Peoples Democratic Celebration, PDP, in Osun State of fabricating and spreading the false checklist in a bid to create confusion forward of the 2026 governorship election.
The social gathering’s chairman, Tajudeen Lawal, mentioned the motion confirmed the extent of desperation of the PDP to retain energy by fraudulent means.
“The handlers of the hopeless social gathering now go round concocting and circulating imaginary and faux lists suggesting that the APC has assigned elective positions to sure people,” the assertion learn.
Lawal described the event as “a roguery and drudgery meant to trigger disharmony and division” throughout the ranks of the APC. He famous that the circulation of such lists was proof of panic throughout the PDP as the following election approaches.
“That an official assertion, affirming the pretend checklist, may emanate from the state chairman of the ruling PDP is to point out the abyss into which the PDP has dipped.”
The opposition social gathering additional claimed that the false publication revealed the ruling social gathering’s satyric desperation to win re-election subsequent yr.
In accordance with the APC, the transfer was a sign that the PDP had “already misplaced the forthcoming governorship election earlier than it’s held.”
The assertion urged members of the APC and most people to ignore the purported consensus checklist, which it described as “a product of beer parlour gossip put collectively by drunken sailors and idle minds within the PDP.”
Lawal assured social gathering supporters that the APC had not compiled any consensus checklist of candidates for the 2026 election.
“We need to inform our esteemed members and supporters that our social gathering didn’t compile any consensus checklist,” he mentioned.
He maintained that every one APC governorship aspirants have been able to defeating the incumbent governor, Ademola Adeleke, within the subsequent election.
“There may be none of our governorship aspirants who will not be able to sending Governor Adeleke again to Atlanta in the USA or wherever he may need come from,” the assertion added.
The APC chairman, whereas advising PDP handlers to deal with reliable political actions relatively than partaking in baseless fabrications, added that the social gathering’s members remained united and targeted on reclaiming energy within the state.
“We urge the PDP handlers to return to their drafting board with a view to planning one other subterfuge. The present try can neither sit nor fly; it’s lifeless on arrival,” he mentioned.
The assertion concluded with Lawal’s signature, reaffirming the APC’s readiness for the forthcoming political contest and its dedication to sustaining social gathering unity.
