South-west ADC dismisses petition against Aregbesola, says critics lack authority

At a meeting of recognised national and zonal officers held in the South-west, party leaders unanimously dismissed allegations that Mr Aregbesola, a former governor of Osun State, manipulated the party’s structures or influenced the emergence of candidates, describing the claims as false and misleading.

The South-west leadership of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has thrown its weight behind the party’s National Secretary, Rauf Aregbesola, rejecting a petition by group within the party seeking his removal and insisting that those behind the move are not recognised leaders of the party in the region.

In a communiqué signed by the party’s South-West National Vice Chairman, Akinbowale Omole, the zonal leadership maintained that decisions relating to congresses, primary elections and candidate nominations are constitutionally taken by the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC), not by the National Secretary acting alone.