Barrister Iyiola Oyedepo, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Kwara state has said that the wounds inflicted by the governor of the state, Abdulrahman Abdulrasak and his faction against the three other groups that made up the party in the state has festered and may be unhealable before the next election.
He warned that unless the crisis is resolved amicably, there is a lean chance for the party to succeed in the elections in the state.
Speaking in an interview with Midlandpost in his office on Tuesday, the party stalwart said it would be unreasonable for anyone to think that the party cannot be removed in the 2023 general elections.
Said him: “The discontentment of a few can truncate the victory of any party. And in this case it is a discontentment of the majority. So, if the party is not returned to the actual majority in Kwara State and they field Abdulrahman Abdulrasak for an election in 2023, APC will not win”
According to Oyedepo, out of the four tendencies that formed the ruling party in the state, three aggrieved tendencies are out of government leaving only Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq's group.
He also confirmed continuation of the disputed revalidation and registration exercise of party members in the state following directives by the national caretaker committee.
"If there is no action, there will be no reaction," he added.
"Reconciliation has been on for a long time and it is only the governor that can make that a reality," Oyedepo declared.
He said "In a crisis of this nature, one group must subsume the other."
The party chieftain expressed confidence in the calibre of people in the aggrieved three tendencies, who include the likes of Professor Oba Shuaib Abdulraheem, Lukman Mustapha, Alhaji Abdulganiyu Olododo, Alhaji Alajagusi, former transport Minister, Alhaji Isa Bio Ibrahim and Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa among others spread across the three Senatorial districts of the state.
On the controversial campaign donations that have torn members of the party in the state apart, Oyedepo, confirmed that money and materials were shared and distributed by the Information Minister, Lai Mohammed.
He said those claiming otherwise that the minister did not deliver the campaign donations and logistics, were being deliberately mischievous with their claims.
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