Barely six weeks to the February 16 general
election, confusion has rocked the Babajide Olusola Sanwoolu Campaign Organisation,
(BOSCO) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State following the
alleged takeover of the organisation by the immediate past Governor of Osun
State, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola.
Following the takeover, Aregbesola is said to have instigated the immediate sack
of the BOSCO Director of Monitoring and Evaluation, Alhaji Abiodun AbdulRasheed
Mafe, It was gathered.
Mafe, a two time council chairman of Mosan Okunola
LCDA in Lagos State, was said to be close to Sulaimon Omoyele, the Director General
of Ambode Mandate Support Group.
However, it was learnt that the action of Aregbesola does not
to have the blessing of Sanwoolu who does not want to rock the boat because of
the former governor's closeness to the leader of the party, Bola Tinubu.
Until he was sacked last week, Mafe is said to enjoy
the confidence of Sanwoolu, and was a member of his inner circuit, who has been
hyping on the need for true reconciliation in Lagos APC to ensure victory in
the March election.
This development, many see as stripping Sanwoolu of
the power, privilege and the right to manage and execute his campaign as well
as being his own man politically.
BOSCO Director General, Tayo Ayinde, and other
directors, it was learnt, are at loss over the intrusion of Aregbesola into the
system.
When contacted, a member of Sanwoolu media team, who
pleaded anonymity with the media, confirmed the sack of Mafe and the takeover of
the campaign organisation by Aregbesola, adding that he would however not want
to comment on the crisis for fear of a backlash.
According to him, only the two combatants in the
crisis can comment on it.
Meanwhile, Aregbesola is now a member of the Lagos
APC Governor's Advisory Council, the assemblage of top politicians Tinubu uses
to run the affairs of the party in the state.
The decision to bring Aregbesola into the council is
said to have been opposed by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode who took exception to
the presence of the former Osun State governor at the meeting of the council.
It was also learnt that Ambode was said to have called it a
trite that his predecessor, Babatunde Raji Fashola; his deputies, Sarah Sosan
and Adejoke Orelope Adefulire, as well as former state Speaker, Hon. Sabit
Adeyemi Ikuforiji, are excluded in the council, suggesting they be brought in.
But their suggestion was said to have been rejected by the
leadership of the council as no other member of the GAC present had the courage
to second Ambode’s suggestion.
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