Two chieftains of the All Progressives Congress, who were former lawmakers in the Osun State House of Assembly, have resigned their membership of the party.
The lawmakers, Lekan Oyediran and Aleem Bakare, resigned their APC membership through letters addressed to the local government chairmen of the party.
osun.life reports that another former lawmaker, Folorunso Oladoyin, had earlier resigned his appointment from the party.
Oyediran represented Odo Otin State Constituency in the Osun State House of Assembly between 1999 and 2003, while Aleem Bakare was in the parliament representing Ejigbo State Constituency between 2003 and 2007.
Bakare also served in Oyetola’s administration as the Special Adviser to the governor on Land Matters.
Reacting, Osun APC spokesperson, Kola Olabisi, said the party was not in panic mode, noting that those who left simply exercised their freedom of association.
Olabisi also said Osun APC had received bigwigs, especially from the Peoples Democratic Party than the number of those that decided to walk away from its fold, urging members to remain focused and work harder for its success in the future elections.
He further said, “In a democracy, there is a free exit and free entry into politics, and one can exercise one’s fundamental freedom of association at any time. You can’t begrudge anybody. If people are making a fuss over those three people, can you equate them with two senators – Fadahunsi and Ajagunla and three representative members who came to our party together with the member of the trustee of the PDP – Shuaib Oyedokun?
“How about Prince Dotun Babayemi, Kayode Oduoye and a host of others? We are not panicking in any way. They are only exercising their freedom of association. We cannot deny them.”
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