{"id":124241,"date":"2025-12-05T21:35:51","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T20:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=124241"},"modified":"2025-12-05T21:35:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T20:35:51","slug":"osun-guber-apc-clears-two-disqualifies-omisore-six-others-ahead-of-primaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/osun-guber-apc-clears-two-disqualifies-omisore-six-others-ahead-of-primaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Osun Guber: APC clears two, disqualifies Omisore, six others ahead of primaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Myke Agunwa<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The All Progressives Congress (APC) has narrowed down its governorship aspirants in Osun State to two persons after disqualifying seven aspirants, including Senator Iyiola Omisore who was a former Deputy Governor and 2018 APC flag-bearer, for failing to meet mandatory sponsorship requirements under the party\u2019s constitution.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Other disqualified aspirants are Babatunde Haketer Oralusi, Oyedotun Babayemi, Dr. Akin Ogunbiyi, Benedict Alabi (former Deputy Governor), Adegoke Rasheed Okiki, and Senator Babajide Omoworare (ex-Senator for Osun East) while Mulikat Abiola Jimoh and Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji were cleared to participate in the primary election.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Screening Committee, chaired by Chief Obinna Uzoh (Esq.) and sat at Amor Hotel, Katampe, Abuja, on December 4, announced the disqualifications in its report, citing non-compliance with Articles 9.3(i) and 31.2(ii) of the APC Constitution and Paragraph 6(c) of the party\u2019s guidelines. The panel required evidence of sponsorship by at least five fully registered and financially up-to-date party members from each of Osun\u2019s 30 Local Government Areas, a threshold the seven aspirants allegedly fell short of.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The decision stemmed from a petition by the Osun APC Renewal Group alleging irregularities in some nominations. Rather than targeting select individuals, the committee applied uniform scrutiny to all nine aspirants, leading to their disqualification. \u201cWe extended the same rigorous verification to every candidate to ensure fairness and transparency,\u201d Uzoh stated in the report, which now awaits ratification by the National Working Committee (NWC).<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The outcome has ignited fury within Osun APC ranks, with sources close to the disqualified aspirants labelling it \u201cpolitically motivated\u201d and a \u201cpremeditated ambush\u201d to favour loyalists ahead of the 2026 polls.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Omisore, a two-term Senator and key architect of the APC\u2019s 2018 Osun victory, was viewed as the frontrunner with strong grassroots appeal. \u201cThis is not about documents; it\u2019s about silencing voices that dare to challenge the godfathers,\u201d a campaign aide to Omisore told reporters.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another aspirant, Benedict Alabi who was obviously dissatisfied with the report said, \u201cWe met every requirement in spirit and letter. This reeks of internal sabotage, but we won\u2019t be intimidated.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">An emergency caucus of the affected aspirants has been convened in Osogbo late Friday, with insiders confirming plans to file appeals to the NWC within 48 hours. \u201cThey\u2019re rallying legal firepower and mobilising stakeholders. Ratification could be their last stand,\u201d said Dr. Wole Ogunleye, a political analyst at Obafemi Awolowo University.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The state, a PDP bastion since 2018, saw incumbent Governor Ademola Adeleke resign from the PDP on November 4, 2025, citing the party\u2019s \u201cprolonged national leadership crisis\u201d that derailed its December 2 primary. Adeleke, who won in 2022 under PDP colours, has not named his next platform but is widely speculated to eye the APC, Accord Party or African Democratic Congress (ADC) for re-election.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The APC primary, slated for mid-December, will pit the survivor against Adeleke in what analysts predict as Osun\u2019s fiercest contest since the 2022.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Myke Agunwa The All Progressives Congress (APC) has narrowed down its governorship aspirants in Osun State to two persons after disqualifying seven aspirants, including Senator Iyiola Omisore who was&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":84322,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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