Oyo APC chairman-elect appeals for cooperation

STEPHEN GBADAMOSI, IBADAN

The chairman-elect of the Oyo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Isaac Ajiboye Omodewu, has called on stakeholders in the party to support its executives on moves to reconcile aggrieved members.

Omodewu, in a statement made available to journalists Sunday evening, said the APC could reclaim the state from the “present impostors and tenants at Agodi Government House.”

He also promised to build on “the solid foundation” laid by the immediate-past chairman of the party, Chief Akin Oke.

“My fellow progressives and comrades, I respectfully and most humbly appreciate you all for the confidence and trust you reposed in me yesterday, Saturday, 30 October, at the Obafemi Awolowo Stadium, Oke-Ado, Ibadan where you gave me the enormous responsibility of serving you as the chairman of our great party, All Progressives Congress (APC).

“I am greatly humbled by the love, affection, trust and support you all exhibited and displayed towards me to assume that exalted office of our great party.

“On behalf of my other colleagues of the State Executive Committee that you have entrusted with the running and management of the affairs of our great party yesterday, we are, indeed, very grateful to you all and we promise not to betray your trust and confidence.

“By the special grace of God and with your support, we shall not let you down.

“I want to place it on record that we shall build on the solid foundation ably laid by our predecessors in office under our indefatigable leader, Papa Akin Oke, who worked assiduously and toiled day and night throughout their tenure of office in sustaining the legacies of our heroes past and handing over to us a truly 21st Century progessive party in Oyo that we are all proud of.

Kudos to our Papa Akin Oke and his wonderful team for the excellent manners they have managed the affairs of our party over the years,” he said.