- Says Obasa has not reached out to anybody
- Outlines way out of logjam
The APC in Agege has become a one-way street, where new entrants, reformists, and independent voices are systematically shut out. The broader implications are grave. We risk losing not just credibility but electability. Voters are watching, Disenfranchised members are watching
Emmanuel Thomas l Wednesday, May 28, 2025
AGEGE, Lagos – Members of the All Progressive Congress Presidential Campaign Council Agege/Orile-Agege have continued to press home their demands for leadership of the party to right the wrongs of what came out of the purported primaries of the party penultimate week.
At a press conference in Agege, Lagos, the APC PCC said what transpired during the APC primaries was ” a selection and not election”, and that only delegates handpicked by Speaker of the Lagos House of Assembly, Hon. Mudasiru Obasa from the Obasa Movement were allowed to vote and that the candidate that secured the lowest amount of votes was selected ahead of the candidate who secured the highest votes.
Worst still, the APC PCC said, Tunde Azeez, who is sick, bed-ridden and no where near the arena where the selection took place was picked to represent their local government ahead of very qualified able bodied men and women.
“Tunde Azeez is incapacitated physically, such a person cannot lead us”, they emphasized.
The APC PCC said the only way out of the logjam is for leadership of the party to meet with members of the APC PCC in the axis and come out with a consensus candidate or do a re-run that encompass everyone not only people from Obasa Movement.
Speaking on behalf of members, Spokesperson of the PCC Agege/Orile-Agege, Bamofin Adetunji Akinyemi said members are not out in the streets to protest because they are open to reconciliation.
He said they are not members of the opposition as alleged by the son of Obasa but that they are bonafide members of the APC who are willing to take their protest to Bordillon and if need be to Abuja to register their displeasure to President Bola Tinubu.
He called on the President to call Obasa to order adding that Obasa and his movement have resulted to threats, issuing death threats to members of the APC PCC and intimidating sweepers that they would be made to lose their jobs if they continue to join hands with those voicing their opposition to this injustice.
He speaks further: “The latest affront is particularly apalling. Not only were nomination forms denied numerous
aspirants aligned with the broader APC bloc.
“The chairmen of the two local governments to vice chairmen and councillors were awarded wholesale to one faction, the Obasa Movement.
This was done in brazen defiance of explicit
instructions from the APC leadership urging fairness, balance, and inclusion. Where the party called for reconciliation and power-sharing. Obasa’s camp saw an opportunity to consolidate. Even the so-called reconciliation efforts touted by his group have been insincere and symbolic at best.
“Beyond orchestrated posts on social media, no meaningful outreach has been made-
no meetings, no dialogue, no mediation. In essence, the calls for unity are performative gestures, designed to distract the public from an agenda of total domination.
“Let us be clear. Our resistance is not borne out of bitterness or envy. It is borne out of principled patriotism, and a commitment to Justice, We are members of the APC too.
“We have contributed our resources, time, and loyalty to this party for decades. We have campaigned in rain and sunshine, knocked on doors, mobilised voters, and stood for the values this party once stood for, equity, federalism, progressivism, and internal democracy. We did not sign up to be
footnotes in someone else’s political dynasty.
“This crisis did not start overnight. The atmosphere in Agege and Orile-Agege has been charged for years. Speaker Obasa’s prolonged tenure has created an environment where discontent is
punished, merit is sidelined, and leadership is inherited, not earned.
“The attempted imposition of his son as a successor, and the subsequent backdoor promotion of another loyalist when that
efforts failed, was not only undemocratic but deeply provocative It signalled to the entire party that leadership is not for the capable, but for the connected”, he said.
According to him, such monopolistic tendencies do more than just divide the party, but demoralise loyal party members.
“The APC in Agege has become a one-way street, where new entrants, reformists, and independent voices are systematically shut out. The broader implications are grave. We risk losing not just credibility but electability. Voters are watching, Disenfranchised members are watching.
“The people of Agege are not blind to the injustice. Despite this, we reaffirm our unwavering support for the administration of President BolaAhmed Tinubu.
“We are committed to the success of his second term and to the delivery for the
Renewed Hope Agenda. But party loyalty does not mean complicity in oppression.
“As we stand behind the President, we equally stand against all local attempts to corrode the party from within”, the PCC Spokesperson said.
This moment, he explained demands courage. “It demands that the APC leadership, especially the State Working Committee, the National Working Committee, the Board of Trustees, and all well meaning Stakeholders, take swift and principled action. Hon Obasa must be called to order.
“Our party must not condone a culture of entitlement that treats Agege as a hereditary estate. There are two political blocs in Agege APC today: the Obasa Movement and the APC
membership. The former is obsessed with control; the latter is demanding fairness. We have no objection to robust political competition. What we reject is an uneven playing field designed to predetermine winners and punish independence.
“We seek not conflict but correction, not
revenge but restoration. Agege and Orle-Agege are not just political units. They are our homes, our roots, and our legacies. We have no ancestral home beyond these communities.
“That is why this struggle is not just political,it is existential. We will defend the dignity of our people, the future of children and the democratic soul of our party”.
