The Osun Progressive (TOP) a factional group of the All Progressives Congress in Osun has lauded the party leadership at the national level for considering it appropriate to include the name of the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola into the campaign team.
The group led by the former party scribe in the state,Hon. Razaq Salinsile lauded the party’s leadership for taken the right decision on the matter of mutual Inclusion of relevant individuals and groups to the party operations.
This was disclosed in a statement released in Osogbo by the Publicity Secretary of the group,Com.Biodun Agboola described the name of Aregbesola in the list despite obvious opposition from some quarters “as round peg in a round hole”.
Salinsile added that it would have been a minus to the party not to include a man of Aregbesola’s status in the campaign Council, considering his antecedents as a grassroots politician with admirers and followership in many states.
“Rather than relying on some people’s whims and caprices which are often products of their emotions and or selfish interests, the Senator Abdullahi Adamu led National Executive has confirmed that it is capable of taking dispassionate decisions in the best interests of APC,”Salinsile was quoted as saying
“It is clear that the Senator Abdullahi Adamu National Executive must have taken proper notice of the fact that Aregbesola provided adequate leadership and courage in the return of progressives politicians to government in a gruesome struggle between 2003 and 2010, after showing tremendous classical support for continuous rulership of the progressives politicians in Lagos”
“It is doubtless that the National APC Exco were convinced that Aregbesola, having been a successful Commissioner in Lagos, successful two terms Governor in Osun and his impactful current contributions to the federal cabinet should not be ignored for whatever selfish reasons been bandied by some people.
“Thus, it is our view that the National decision makers should be given kudos for having eyes for merit, determined love and commitment to the success of our party and the courage to execute it without caring whose ox is gored.”
Salinsile urged the APC national executive to bring to bear, its unwavering commitment to APC, the clear understanding of dispassionate running of a political party as it has just demonstrated, on to the resolution of the Osun APC crisis.
“We note that the political novice and puppets who masquerade as leaders in Osun seemed to be poised for the total and irredeemable collapse of our party, as they exhibit unperturbed attitudes even when they have taken the party to dangerous precipice with the last election.
“For instance, the so called Osun APC leadership has furthered the discontent and division within their Ilerioluwa group with the “you can go to hell” manner they handled the primary election for local governments polls held few weeks back.
“Within themselves, they exhibited so much impunity in the choices of who runs for what by virtue of imposition facilitated by lucre and nepotism.
“Those who feel cheated in the exhibition of crass impunity have angrily left for PDP or licking their hurtful wounds and or joined siddonlook group.
The group urged the party leadership at the national level to take a long lasting solution in resolving Osun crisis without any further delay.
“Thus, it is the conclusion of the meeting of Osun APC led by Alhaji Rasaq Salinsile that the National Secretariat will be doing our state party chapter a great deal of service if it could take decisive steps in resolving the crisis that has not done us all any good.”
The group further recounted it’s position to have a well-run, vibrant and election winning APC in the state adding the success of the party is sacrosanct and shouldn’t be negotiable.