Former aide to late former Governor Abiola Ajimobi, Hon. Isaac Ajiboye Omodewu has congratulated winners of the September 4th 2021 local congress of APC in Itesiwaju Local Government Area of Oyo State.
The Otu-born politician while addressing the mammoth crowd of APC members who gathered at Baptist Primary School, Otu for the local congress, commended party members for their peaceful conduct and maturity before, during and after the Saturday local congress of the party.
The former Commissioner Omodewu and other political gladiators in the council area participated in the exercise.
The local congress was conducted by 3-man APC Adhoc Local Congress Committee sent by the Oyo State Chapter of APC. The electoral officials included Mr. Olona Yemmy Onabanjo, Mr. Adeniyi Isiaq Adekunle and Mr. Kareem Yusuff Akanni.
The party members, in their hundreds, elected Hon. Oyewole Segun as Chairman APC Itesiwaju LGA, Mrs. Aremu Abigeal Ayanfunmilayo as Local Secretary, Hon. Ajekiigbe Tunde as Local Youth Leader, Mrs. Ibikunle Bose as Local Women Leader and among others.
Representatives of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the Nigerian Police, the Department of State Security Service (DSS) and other constituted security agencies witnessed the local party congress.
The elected party officials pledged to work hard for the unity, progress and peace of the party.
Hon. Omodewu in his remark said: “I was delighted with the peaceful conducted of the APC Local Congress in my local, Itesiwaju. Just like the July 31st ward congresses of the party, today’s exercise is rancour-free”.
“The fact that party leaders and our teeming members reached consensus to elect their local executives ahowed that there is maturity, tolerance and understanding Itesiwaju LGA irrespective of the various interests prevailing.”
Omodewu stated that the exemplary conduct of the APC members Itesiwaju LGA is a pointer to the fact that the party remains strong and will continue to wax stronger ahead of the 2023 general elections.
The Otu-born politician praised Governor Mai Mala Buni-led APC CECPC and Chief Akin Oke-led Oyo APC for their qualitative leaderships. “Their purposeful leadership has brought the party together by insisting on fairness, justice and inclusivity” he said.
The former Ajimobi aide urged the party members to rally round the new local executives and take the party to the next level.
