The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said it will not miss the exit of the Omoluabi Progressives from the party.
The Omoluabi Progressives has been a faction of the APC in Osun loyal to a former State Governor Rauf Aregbesola.
The group announced thier defection on Sunday during a stakeholders’ meeting in Ilesa, Osun state.
The meeting was attended by Aregbesola and other members of the APC faction in the 332 wards of Osun.
The political group was inaugurated in August 2023.
Aregbesola served as governor of Osun from 2010 to 2018, and minister of interior from 2019 to 2023 — as a member of the APC.
In a statement, Abosede Oluwaseun, spokesperson of the group, said members resolved to quit APC because of “ostracisation from the party, suspension and expulsion of leaders without fair hearing, and continuous denigration of the structure”.
Oluwaseun said group members expressed their readiness to join another political party ahead of the 2026 Osun governorship election.
But in a statement released on Monday in Osogbo, Osun APC spokesperson Kola Olabisi, said their exit was of no significance since they had severed ties with the party since 2022.
He said, “In the first instance, the kernel of the statement by the dissidents’ group amounted to a confused pack of rudderless political…who were approbating and reprobating at the same time, as it is on record that a sizeable number of them have either been expelled or suspended from the party.
The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said it will not miss the exit of the Omoluabi Progressives from the party.
The Omoluabi Progressives has been a faction of the APC in Osun loyal to a former State Governor Rauf Aregbesola.
The group announced thier defection on Sunday during a stakeholders’ meeting in Ilesa, Osun state.
The meeting was attended by Aregbesola and other members of the APC faction in the 332 wards of Osun.
The political group was inaugurated in August 2023.
Aregbesola served as governor of Osun from 2010 to 2018, and minister of interior from 2019 to 2023 — as a member of the APC.
In a statement, Abosede Oluwaseun, spokesperson of the group, said members resolved to quit APC because of “ostracisation from the party, suspension and expulsion of leaders without fair hearing, and continuous denigration of the structure”.
Oluwaseun said group members expressed their readiness to join another political party ahead of the 2026 Osun governorship election.
But in a statement released on Monday in Osogbo, Osun APC spokesperson Kola Olabisi, said their exit was of no significance since they had severed ties with the party since 2022.
He said, “In the first instance, the kernel of the statement by the dissidents’ group amounted to a confused pack of rudderless political…who were approbating and reprobating at the same time, as it is on record that a sizeable number of them have either been expelled or suspended from the party.
“How would any rational human being who has been suspended or expelled announce his resignation to the whole world again? Is that not an example of superfluity? We, in the Osun State APC, shall be happy to miss the political irritants and deviants who had since left the party by way of body and soul before the 2022 governorship election in the state.”
The APC spokesperson further warned that the group’s departure marks the beginning of their “political funeral,” adding that their exit would culminate in total defeat during the 2026 Osun governorship election.
“Your recent announcement of either forming or joining another party is the imminent beginning of your political funeral, culminating in your final burial through the 2026 governorship election. More importantly, the blindfolded followers of the ill-fated Omoluabi Progressives will regret being part of this shenanigans,” Olabisi declared.
He also suggested that the group’s actions demonstrated disloyalty and alignment with the opposition, asserting that the APC remains stronger without them.