The death of the former governor of Oyo State, Senator Isiaq Abiola Ajimobi has deepened cleavages and rivalries in the Oyo State chapter of APC. Nigeria Politics Ajimobi OyoState APC
The death of the former governor of Oyo State, Senator Isiaq Abiola Ajimobi has deepened cleavages and rivalries in the Oyo State chapter of All Progressives Congress . Not fewer than four groups within the party are in a battle of wits to produce a successor to the late leader, who died of COVID-19-related complexities.
There is also a group of Peoples Democratic Party’s decampees, led by the former governor of the state, Otunba Christopher Adebayo Alao-Akala, Senator Teslim Folarin, and Senator Fatai Buhari. However, the perks of office polarised the progressives’ camp and those, who felt shortchanged by the Ajimobi’s government, accused members of SENACO of taking all the juicy contracts and viable political positions in the state. Although Ajimobi in his lifetime constantly denied the existence of the group, but the rivalry among the two groups became evident during the 2015 general elections and the subsequent loss of the governorship election in 2019.
Alao-Akala, who joined APC a few weeks to the 2019 election, had shortly before Ajimobi’s death called for memoranda from the aggrieved leaders. But Adebayo Shittu, who allegedly escaped from being suspended by the party, had given conditions for genuine reconciliation of the aggrieved members.
However, SENACO group loyal to Ajimobi is also still unsettled and yet to recover from the death of their leader. Akala, Folarin and Buhari remain the highest political holders within the cycle but they are still relatively new in the party and may need to do more than the ordinary to convince the core progressives in the group.
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