Oyo APC can’t afford to lose aggrieved party members, Deputy Chairman says

LOCAL government and ward executive council members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State have been sworn in.

The ceremony held on Tuesday morning at the state secretariat of the party, in Ibadan, saw executives in 351 wards and 33 local government areas in the state swear to an oath of allegiance and oath of office.

Speaking, State Deputy Chairman, APC, Mr Lekan Adeyemo tasked the just-sworn-in executives to immediately begin moves to reconcile aggrieved members of the party.

Adeyemo said the party was not oblivious of the fact that some were aggrieved with Governor Abiola Ajimobi while others were unhappy with the party, but pointed out that the APC could not afford to cast way any party member.

According to Adeyemo, the party executive members at the state level had begun reconciliatory moves since sworn in, urging the local government and ward executive council members to also join the reconciliatory train.

“Immediately we were sworn in at the state level, we swung into the action of reconciling with our people who were aggrieved in one way or the other, either they are aggrieved with the governor or with the party. The reconciliatory effort has begun.

“So, after your swearing in, we expect that in your various local government and wards, you should start this reconciliatory effort. You cannot afford to lose anybody,” Adeyemo said.

Those administered oaths by a legal practitioner, Mr Segun Abayomi, are those executives who emerged from ward congresses held at the meeting places of the party at the ward level and local government congresses held within the headquarters of the 33 local government areas in the state.

It would be recalled that the ward congress had held on May 7, followed by local government congress on May 13, with the Halilu-Ahmed led congress committee declaring the congresses as peaceful, successful and conclusive.