
Youths under the auspice of the All Progressive Congress in Ibarapa have condemned the statement credited to the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Chairman, Chief Akin Oke, at the party stakeholders meeting on the party zoning structure.

The group alleged that the Party Chairman, Chief Akin Oke had reportedly explained at the stakeholders meeting held on Monday that Ogbomosho,Oyo and Oke Ogun zones had produced Chairman of the progressives party at different times leaving only Ibadan and Ibarapa as zones that have not produced a Chairman. He noted that he decided to choose Ibarapa so that the party will not shot gubernatorial aspirants from Ibadan out of the race.He further explained that Ibarapa is disadvantaged by population thereby making it difficult to produce the a gubernatorial or Senatorial candidate. He noted that the chairmanship will give people of the area a sense of belonging in the party.
One of the party chieftain in Ibarapa, Hon Jacob Akintola has therefore querried the statement of Chief Akin Oke on the basis of zoning Chairmanship to Ibarapa because of the disadvantage by population to produce A Governor.

Akintola said, “Good politicians must look for winning strategies, marginalizing Ibarapa because of the low population can’t help the party, most especially this time around by using zoning plan to hedge Ibarapa out of senatorial race”
“We have competent and intelligent aspirants for senatorial race from Ibarapa Zone. Those who are behind all the political manipulation should have a rethink. Eji to fi oju di okan , ko le di eeta lailai. In unity and honesty PDP can’t withstand us come 2023 by God grace”, he added.
Also in a statement issued by the youth coordinator of the All Progressive Congress in Ibarapa, Aderoju Philip said the Party Chairman should withdraw the statement where he said it would be difficult for Ibarapa people to produce Governor or Senator because of the population.

Aderoju said, “our population should not be a prerequisite to deny us Governorship or Senatorial seats, we should be able to work together as a party irrespective of the size if we want all zones to be carried along. We therefore call on our State Chairman to retract the statement and give all zones equal sense of belonging”.
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