2027: Tension in Oyo APC over alleged list of consensus candidates

There is hostility successful the All Progressives Congress, APC, successful Oyo State, implicit a purported database of “consensus” candidates which emerged successful the authorities astatine the weekend.

The database which was allegedly compiled by immoderate leaders of the enactment contained names of candidates who were allegedly picked arsenic gubernatorial candidates, lawman gubernatorial candidates, senatorial candidates and House of Representatives candidates.

The database indicated that Senator representing Oyo South Senatorial District, Dr Sharafadeen Alli was picked arsenic the gubernatorial candidate.

Alli who hails from Ibadan is simply a erstwhile caput to the Oyo State government.

Another name, Mr Soji Adedeji, a younger member of Executive Chairman of Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Dr Zacchaeus Adedeji, was allegedly picked arsenic Deputy gubernatorial candidate. helium hails from Ogbomoso geopolitical zone.

The database besides indicated that a subordinate of House of Representatives representing Ido/ Ibarapa East national constituency, Aderemi Oseni was picked for Oyo South Senatorial District, Senator Yunus Akintunde who presently represents Oyo Central Senatorial District has been picked to re-contest portion a erstwhile Head of Service nether the medication of the contiguous past governor, Abiola Ajimobi, Mrs Hannah Ogunrsan has been picked to correspond Oyo North Senatorial District.

For the House of Representatives, the database indicated that Mr Faruk Arisekola ha...