Osun APC candidate may emerge through consensus – Basiru

The National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Ajibola Basiru, has assured that the governorship primary of the party in Osun State will be free and fair.

He hinted that the governorship candidate may emerge through a consensus arrangement of the party leadership which will be acceptable to members of the party.

Speaking in Osogbo, during the inauguration of coordinators of his group, Alubarika Movement, on Sunday, the APC scribe noted that APC is a party of leadership and all interest will be taken care of, when it is time.

He said the inauguration of the state coordinating council in local government and wards for the Alubarika Movement was to work towards ensuring that APC unite to take over power from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), in 2026.

He said, “The primary election will be free and fair but I can assure you that the candidate may emerge from consensus arrangements by leadership of the party.”

On the allegation by the PDP that APC is dividing them, Basiru said, “Ambition of a few individuals is what is causing the rift within the opposition party and it is to the joy of us as a ruling party if they don’t get their house together. It is not our job to help them put their house in order.”

Asked whether the agitation within the APC will not divide the party, Basiru maintained that APC can not be divided, saying “Our party is a party of leadership and as I said, everybody that is a member of the party has legitimate desire to ensure that we have a candidate that will be able to deliver and defeat the PDP.

“In Ondo state for instance, there were 16 aspirants and we were able to get the right candidate that was able to deliver for the party. The same thing in Edo, we have more than 16 there and we resolved the matter. Everybody has the right to aspire to be leadership in the party,” Basiru said.

He said the PDP in Osun has failed in the area of education, health and empowerment, saying “Will it not suprise you that the budget of the governor’s house is far more than the budget of agriculture, education and health combined.

“It is a government that has no direction. Even the so called flyover they are doing, it’s being done without any project management sense and it shows lack of coordination, lack of leadership and lack of focus of the government.”

The state chairman of Alubarika Movement, Alhaji Kehinde Olagoke, said members of the APC in Osun are looking for how to get back to government house, and the only way out is to have the best and a good candidate on ground.

Daily Sun