Osun APC faction TOP, kicks against Omisore as national secretary

By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo

The Osun Progressives (TOP), a caucus of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State has kicked against the choice of Senator Iyiola Omisore as the National Secretary of the party.

Chairman of the group, Adelowo Adebiyi in a statement signed and made available to newsmen in Osogbo on Monday said pushing Omisore forward as the National Secretary may cause APC self-immolation.

Adebiyi frowned at leaders of the party who are supporting the ex- deputy governor of the state, saying he is a stranger who does not share or believe in the progressive’s ideology of the party. 

The statement reads: “As a caucus of progressives, we owe ourselves a duty to caution our leaders and other members of the party on the forthcoming national convention of the party, as regard the inordinate ambition of Senator Iyiola Omisore. 

“Omisore joined our party in 2021. Before then, he had been a consistent antagonist of our tendencies. He was one of the military politicians who found abode in AD before he joined the PDP when his inordinate ambition could not be realized. He was in PDP between 2002 and 2018. He joined SDP in 2018 to contest the governorship election where he lost to Governor Gboyega Oyetola. He joined the APC to safe his face. 

“It is more unfortunate that the leaders, among who are two governors in the South-West are supporting a stranger who does not share or believe in the progressive’s ideology to take-over the Secretariat of the party. 

“We condemned and reject in its entirety, the selfish imposition clothed in consensus for Omisore to become the National Secretary of the party. It is crystal clear that the leaders who ratified Omsiore are only interested in protecting their selfish interests at the expense of the wellbeing and progress of APC.

“This undemocratic behaviour of the leaders is becoming an albatross to the conduct of the operation of APC and may cause untold catastrophes and disaster if not curbed. The way the few leaders carry on with the affairs of the party by taking for granted the feelings of other party members may cause APC self-immolation as the PDP had experienced.

“The few leaders, especially in these circumstances, have behaved in worst manner than the ‘Yahoo-Yahoo Governors as christened by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu.”

The group noted that no stakeholders meeting on consensus of who to push forward for the position of national secretary was held and that If such was held, no rational member of the progressives’ family will opt for Omisore in Osun.