Oshodi APC wants party leadership to address members’ grievances
Elders of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oshodi-Isolo Local Government Area of Lagos State say it is time to address all issues and concerns within the party in the council.
The party’s elders, including the Apex Leader, Elder Dele Ogunshakin and Elder Dele Ogundipe, said this at the APC LGA Meeting on Monday in Lagos.
Supreme news reports that the meeting, attended by more than 3,000 party members, was called by the elders to discuss issues affecting the party in the council
It was also a forum to share New Year gifts, including cash support, to members.
Speaking, Ogunshakin noted that the way the current local government managers were running the party structure had brought disaffection within the party in tbe area.
According to him, the party nearly suffered total defeat during the 2023 general elections in the council because of the actions and inactions of council managers.
He called on the State Party Chairman, Pastor Cornelius Ojelabi;Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu and President Bola Tinubu to intervene to put things right in Oshodi.
Ogunshakin said that the council chairman, Mr Kehinde Al-Maroof, had not done enough to bring party members together after the election that produced him.
He alleged that the party chairman had been dealing only with his loyalists from a particular political group and had abandoned members in the mainstream party structure.
“Since the chairman came in, he only deals with members of this group which is his own caucus, that’s the bottom line of the division. This can destroy the party in Oshodi
“The cohesion of the party at this local government is shaky. The founding members, those of us who started in 1998, have been sidelined,” he said.
The elder said that stakeholders in the party had met with the party chairman and urged him do something urgently on the issues.
Ogunshakin expressed the possibility of returning peace to the party with genuine reconciliation.
“The governor cannot go to sleep with this kind of thing happening and the results of the last election. He must initiate genuine reconciliation
“We are not fighting because of individuals now.We just don’t want what happened in 2023, when our President lost in Lagos, to happen again,” the chieftain said.
