Osun APC Orders LG, Ward Party Officials Not To ‘Coordinate’ For Guber Aspirants, Warns Against ‘Campaign Of Calumny’

Ahead of the 2026 Osun State governorship election, the state APC on Saturday warned party officials at the local government and ward levels in the state against making themselves available as ‘coordinators’ for anyone among the guber aspirants.

This, the party noted, is important in order to instill discipline and promote peace, co-operation and unity in the state APC.

A statement made available to Team@orientactualmags.com by the state APC chairman, Sooko Tajudeen Lawal noted that this directive was issued during the meeting held at the state APC secretariat along Osogbo-Gbongan road, Ogo-Oluwa area of Osogbo, on Saturday which was attended by stakeholders in the party.

 The reinstated chairmen of the local governments in the state and APC chairmen in the local governments also attended the meeting during which directives that would enhance promotion of perpetual peace within the party were issued.

The party noted that executive members of the party at all the levels  are prohibited from coordinating things for any governorship aspirant in the interest of peace and tranquility in the party.

‘Any executive member of our party at all the levels be it at the unit, ward, local government, senatorial or national is disallowed from ‘coordinating’ for any of the governorship aspirants. 

There is a need to perpetuate injection of sanity into our party. The altercations oozing out from the members of the same political family all in the guise of selling their preferred candidates are worrisome, embarrassing and less dignifying.

Those of us who are guilty in this regard should do self-inspection with a view to turning over a new leaf as the party would not hesitate to wield the big stick on any of our members who crosses the red line about this golden directive which is meant for the fortification of our party before the next year’s governorship election.

Let me again state here unequivocally that the party has not released the guidelines for the election and that whenever it is released, it will not be done under the table. It would be made available to everyone.

It becomes imperative for the aspirants to caution their foot soldiers and supporters and educate them on how important it is for them to play the game according to the rule as any recalcitrant agent may be a source of political despair to his principal.

The cacophonous noise is too deafening and causing avoidable disaffection within the party and we would not be doing our party any good if we should close our eyes to this as it is inimical to the wellbeing of the party.

We are going into the next year’s governorship election to win. No one is greater than the party. Whoever contravenes the directive of the party would be sanctioned. The supremacy of the party is non-negotiable. Our party has not anointed any aspirant as our candidate.

Go home and relay the party’s directive to the affected individuals. Let’s play the game according to the rule. It is not proper for co-aspirants to engage in abusing each other and subsequently create needless division in the party.

Though it is necessary to point out that the copious number of the striving governorship aspirants in our party is an indication that our party is potent, healthy and truly democratic but don’t let us overstretch our luck in order to achieve our political goal of sending the ruling government packing by the way of next year’s governorship polls’ the state APC chairman said.

He also told the stakeholders that registration of those who defected to the party and those who are still willing to cross over to the leading opposition party in the state would soon be flagged off-Team@orientactualmags.com  Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08059100286, 09094171980 or get in touch via orientactualmag@gmail.com.  Thank you