Congress: Oyo ADC Erupts In Crisis as Group Berates Ladoja, Koleoso, Gives 72-Hour Ultimatum

With just 21days of their coming together under the platform of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Oyo state, the gladiators from the breakaway faction of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) are currently up in arms against the former Governor of the state, Senator Rashidi Ladoja, and another erstwhile Secretary to the state Government, Chief Michael Koleoso, over the conduct of Tuesday's Congress.

The APC faction under the umbrella of Unity Forum on Thursday told journalists that the duo of Ladoja and Koleoso appeared neck deep in a conspiracy plan to hijack the party which belonged to the aborigen ADC members, Unity Forum, Ladoja's PDP faction and Labour Party to the exclusion of others.

They expressed their displeasure over what they described as illegal conduct of the party’s state Congress of Tuesday against the directives of the ADC National Chairman, Ralph Nwosu that the congress be put on hold pending the resolution of crisis arising from the ward and local government Congresses.

They have therefore issued a 72 hours for the congress to be reversed, failing which they would be left with no option than to seek redress in court and allow their members to join other parties to realise their 2019 political ambitions.

At a meeting held by Unity Forum in Ibadan, the group leader, Dr Busari Adebisi, said the conduct of the congress by Ladoja and his group was a display of desperation to hijack the party from those who were there before the former Oyo State governor defected from the PDP.

At the meeting where the leaders harped on the need for internal democracy were Senator Monsurat Sumonu; the forum chairman, Isiaka Alimi; secretary of the forum, Wasiu Olatunbosun; former APC state secretary, Lasun Adebunmi; governorship aspirants of the party, Kola Balogun and Remi Olaniyan; pioneer leaders of the ADC and members from the 33 council areas of the state.

Adebisi said, “A conspiracy was hatched and between Michael Koleoso and Ladoja. They both threatened to leave the party if they did not get what they wanted. We complained of non-existence of internal democracy in the APC but the same is being introduced to the ADC.”