Nigeria’s ruling political party, All Progressive Congress (APC) have once again been thrown into another round of leadership crisis with it Ondo state chapter.
APC’s National Chairman, John Odigie-Oyegun
According to reports, some members of the State Executive of the party have been pitched against each other with the state chairman, Isaac Kekemeke, accused of sabotage.
The crisis reportedly reached a climax following a purported announcement advertising the position of Director of Publicity by the party, following the sack of Adesanya through a letter signed by APC State Secretary, Rahman Rotimi.
According to a letter published in Guardian, the State Executive Committee of the party passed a resolution thus: “At its meeting on the 6th of August 2015, the State Working Committee of the All Progressive Congress reviewed your activities and press releases in the recent times and came out with the followings:
“That your press releases lately have constituted a source of embarrassment to the Ondo State Chapter of our party and have brought serious disrepute to the party,” the letter read in part, stating unequivocally, “you have been barred from addressing or giving any policy statement to the press on behalf of the party till further notice.”
Responding to the letter by the state executive, Adesanya said; “I am surprised that you as a lawyer could preside over a meeting to vilify, castigate, banish, bar and above all, take a far-reaching decision affecting my office without hearing from me,” he lamented.
“It is therefore absurd, and indeed a thing of great concern for my office to be barred from promoting our great party and allowing the government in power to use all the media apparatus available to her to suppress our party. What is more, you have, by your action rendered the image-making organ of the party in Ondo State inactive and of no consequence.
“I find it extremely difficult to comprehend that the alleged press releases that lately constituted as source of embarrassment to the Ondo State Chapter of our party and that have brought serious disrepute to the party, were not highlighted in your said letter.
“There is no doubt that our party is in the opposition in this state. It is incumbent on us to bring out constructive criticism of the ruling party in the state and where the party in power makes a major error in its policies and programmes, it is the duty of the opposition to bring this to the notice of the public.”
He said the state chairman nor the state working committee of the party has the right to abolish the functionality of any of the organs of the party and claimed to have issued more than 125 press releases and statements, with lots of radio and TV interviews since he became the State Publicity Secretary.
“I am worried and indeed terrified that the lions and the lambs are kept in the same cage. The lions have no other mission/option than to devour the lambs. I wonder how we can win any election in the state with this seemingly complicity with the PDP-led government in power in Ondo state.”
Meanwhile, the senate leader of the 7th national assembly, Victor Ndoma-Egba has given reasons why he has refused to identify with the Peoples Democratic Party after the general elections earlier this year.
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