Leaders of Ajimobi Legacy Forum and Unity Forum in the Oyo State chapter
of All Progressives Congress (APC) have resolved to bury their
differences and work together for the progress of the party.
This is contained in a communiqué jointly signed by their Co-Chairmen
and Co-Secretaries, and made available to newsmen on Wednesday in
Ibadan.
The co-chairmen are: Chief Kunle Sanda and Alhaji Abu Gbadamosi, while
Prof. Adeolu Akande and Mr Gbenga Ariba signed as co-secretaries.
The meeting, held at the banquet hall of Premier Hotel, was attended by
leaders of both groups, drawn from all the 33 local government areas of
the state.
Both groups loyal to the late former Govs. Abiola Ajimobi and Lam
Adeshina respectively, had parted ways, based on irreconcilable
differences, which caused the party to lose the governorship seat.
The group pledged to work assiduously for the victory of the party at
all levels in the 2023 general elections.
The leaders called on their members to collapse their various meetings
into one at all levels, urging them to work for peace, unity and
progress of the party.
The group resolved to sustain the enduring legacies of Chief Obafemi
Awolowo, Chief Bola Ige, Adesina and Ajimobi.
They commended the efforts of Mrs Florence Ajimobi and other prominent
leaders of the group to ensure reconciliation of the two warring groups.
The APC leaders pledged their support to the state APC leadership under
Chief Akin Oke.
The group also affirmed their continued loyalty and support for
President Muhammadu Buhari and his
government, urging Nigerians to pray for the country in these trying
times.
NAN reports that the meeting was attended by the immediate past deputy
governor, Chief Moses Adeyemo, Sen. Olufemi Lanlehin, Sen. Ayoade
Adeseun and Mr Adebayo Shittu, a former Minister of Communications.
Also present were: Alhaji Fatai Ibikunle, Chairman, National Lottery
Commission, Akande, Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC),
Mr Ayodeji Abass-Aleshinloye and Sanda.
Also in attendance were: Chief Silas Lasunsi, Chief Goke Oyetunji,
Alhaji Isiaka Alimi, Mr Lasun Adebunmi, Alhaji Abu Gbadamosi, Chief Femi
Olaore and Dr Olalekan Adeyemo, the state APC Deputy Chairman.
The leaders, in their various remarks at the meeting, expressed joy and
readiness to work together for the progress of the party.
Adeyemo, Lanlehin, Adeseun, Ibikunle, Shittu and Abass-Aleshinloye
called for concerted efforts by all members to ensure the past take back
the seat of governance in the state.
They all commended Mrs Ajimobi for championing the cause of unity in the
party through Ibikunle and Akande.
They also stressed the need for sustaining the existing unity in the
party, urging members at all levels to ensure that the reconciliation
process was replicated in their various communities.
Also Lasunsi, Sanda, Gbadamosi, Adeyemo, Oyetunji and Adeyemo, in their
various remarks, said that there was no going back on the unity of the
group.
They commended Mrs Ajimobi and Alhaja Sarat Adesina, wife of the late
former Gov. Lam Adesina for initiating the reconciliation process. (NAN