#2015: Tension in Ogun APC As Osoba Faction Tips Adeola For Governor# The crisis rocking the newly registered APC, in Ogun State, has taken another dimension as a faction believed to be loyal to national leader of the party, Chief Olusegun Osoba, reportedly tipped former Managing Director of Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, Mr.Fola Adeola, to replace Governor Ibikunle Amosun as governor, in the coming election. Indication emerged, yesterday, that Adeola may have joined the governorship race in the state as his campaign posters and banners surfaced in some parts of Abeokuta, the state capital. The party has been polarised with Osoba and Amosun leading factions. Adeola was the running mate to former Chairman EFCC, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, in the 2011 presidential election under the banner of the defunct ACN. Adeola’s posters were sighted at various strategic locations, including Itoku, Isale Igbein, Ijaiye, Obantoko, Ake, Totoro, Iyana Mortuary and Lafenwa areas of Abeokuta, with APC logo, party slogan and the inscription: “Change 2015 Fola Adeola for Governor.” It was reliably gathered that, the Osoba faction which felt betrayed by Amosun’s alleged plan to sideline them in the choice of candidates for the party ahead of the 2015 elections, reportedly vowed to ‘deal’ with the governor by sponsoring another candidate against him during the party’s primaries. According to findings, the choice of Adeola was made because he is an Egba man and a Muslim like Amosun with a view to getting support from Egba division during the election.
Posted on: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 13:41:10 +0000
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