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Folarin, Adelabu, others absent as Oyo APC reconciliation committee submits report

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  • Several governorship aspirants from Oyo State's APC, including Teslim Folarin and Bayo Adelabu, were absent as the party's reconciliation committee submitted its report.
  • The National Chairman of the APC, Nentawe Yilwatda, described the reconciliation process as ongoing and a "family issue," emphasizing the party's stability.
  • The committee chairman, Femi Lanlehin, stated that the party is working to reconcile aggrieved members before the 2027 elections and plans to meet with President Bola Tinubu.

Key governorship aspirants within Oyo State's All Progressives Congress (APC) were notably absent when the party's reconciliation committee presented its findings.

Teslim Folarin, Bayo Adelabu, Akeem Agbaje, Hakeem Alao, and Rauf Olaniyan did not attend the presentation of the committee's report to the National Chairman, Nentawe Yilwatda, in Ibadan. Yilwatda characterized the reconciliation of aggrieved members as a continuous process, referring to internal party issues as "family issues."

The APC is a family. Whatever that is happening in the party is a family issue. It is normal for members of same family do have challenges but we are happy that the issues are being addressed as a family.

— Nentawe YilwatdaThe APC National Chairman described the internal party challenges as normal family matters being addressed.

"Whatever that is happening in the party is a family issue. It is normal for members of same family do have challenges but we are happy that the issues are being addressed as a family," Yilwatda told journalists. He added that based on the committee's report and stakeholder input, the party is "stable and we are good to go."

The party is stable and we are good to go.

— Nentawe YilwatdaThe APC National Chairman expressed confidence in the party's stability following the reconciliation efforts.

The Reconciliation Committee chairman, Femi Lanlehin, confirmed that the committee had met with all aggrieved aspirants. "We just came out of the primaries and some people are not happy with the outcome. They expressed their disappointment. They were aggrieved. We have presented our findings to the National Chairman of our party to act on it," Lanlehin said. He stressed that the APC leadership plans to meet with President Bola Tinubu to resolve the matter, emphasizing the need to secure all elective positions in Oyo State in 2027.

The meeting, which included the party's governorship candidate Sharafadeen Alli, aimed to reconcile aspirants and their supporters across the state's 33 Local Government Areas ahead of the 2027 elections.

We just came out of the primaries and some people are not happy with the outcome. They expressed their disappointment. They were aggrieved. We have presented our findings to the National Chairman of our party to act on it

— Femi LanlehinThe Reconciliation Committee chairman explained the reasons for the aggrieved members and the status of their grievances.
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