APC leaders mobilise Osun residents against planned summit

The All Progressives Congress leaders in Ijesa zone, Osun State, have asked residents of the state to mobilise against conveners of the summit on education and finance  scheduled to hold in  Osogbo and put them to shame.

The Secretary of the party in the zone,  Femi Kujembola, said this in a statement made available to our correspondent in Osogbo on Tuesday.

Two of  the conveners  of the  summit, Mr. Yinka Odumakin, and a former Attorney General of Osun State, Mr. Niyi Owolade had announced on Friday that the summit would hold on  Thursday. 

READ: Rivers Senator Blames 7th National Assembly for not passing PIB

They stated that the summit was being organised to enable knowledgeable people come up with solutions to the problems confronting the state.

But the APC  leaders described the conveners of the summit as people who had credibility problem while accusing them of being surrogates of the Peoples Democratic Party.

He said, “The key players in the proposed summit could never be the saviour. When did  the PDP become concerned about education and finance in the state?.  They failed to make impact when they had the opportunity in sixteen years and left everything to decay.

“The Ijesha zone APC, wish to urge our members, indigenes and the entire people of the state to disregard and dissociate themselves from this group and its efforts to cause chaos by the PDP surrogate.

READ: UNIBEN students protest over fellow students’ death, block highway

“We are also appealing  to the people of the state to mobilise against the actors in the so called questionable summit and shame them. We are urging  security agencies in particular to be on the red alert, and nip in the bud  any tendency that could provoke violence in the state. “

The APC leaders alleged that the conveners of the summit were professional detractors who wanted to capitalise on the financial challenges in the country to bring Osun State down.

He, however, stated that the PDP would not get through the back door what it lost during the August 9 governorship election which was conducted in 2014.

Meanwhile, a group known as The Patriots has called on the State Commissioner of Police, the Director of the State Security Services and the Commandant of the Nigeria Civil Defence Corps to beef up security across the state to void any likely breach of peace and order by the “suspected opposition elements who are planing violent protest.”

READ: Police nab 2 for murder of APC chieftain in Lagos

The group expressed concern over recent protests which was characterised by violence as a result of non payment of salaries.