{"id":200007,"date":"2022-06-29T22:03:32","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T21:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=200007"},"modified":"2022-06-29T22:03:32","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T21:03:32","slug":"amosuns-ally-akinlade-dumps-apc-in-ogun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/06\/29\/amosuns-ally-akinlade-dumps-apc-in-ogun\/","title":{"rendered":"Amosun\u2019s ally, Akinlade dumps APC in Ogun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A close ally of former Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, Hon. Adekunle Akinlade, has dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC).<\/p>\n<p>Akinlade said his decision to dump the party was as a result of the failure of the national leadership of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/06\/29\/insecurity-buhari-has-failed-to-back-his-words-with-action-says-apc-lawmaker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">APC<\/a> to settle the rift within the party in Ogun.<\/p>\n<p>Akinlade, in a letter addressed to the State Chairman of the APC, the former House of Representatives member maintained that he could not in good conscience continue to participate in a process that is characterised by injustice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is to formally notify you of the resignation of my membership from the All Progressives Congress, APC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis decision became necessary because of the failure of the National Leadership of the Party to intervene fairly in the internal crisis rocking the Ogun State APC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a principled and forthright individual, I cannot in good conscience continue to participate in a process that is devoid of justice,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Akinlade described as unfortunate that despite his loyalty and efforts to prevail on the party for justice and fairness, the national leadership of the party led by Abdullahi Adamu \u201chas continued to ignore our pleas and complaints that bother on the lopsided state congresses, Local Government elections, party executive elections, the delegate list, and recent party primaries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also mentioned that the failure leadership of the APC in Ogun \u201cto uphold the sharing formula as agreed by the various stakeholders and parties\u201d as one of the reasons for leaving the party.<\/p>\n<p>Akinlade is yet to announce his next move as the 2023 elections draw nearer. But there are speculations that the Ipokia-born politician might be heading to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).<\/p>\n<p>Akinlade left the APC in 2019 to contest the governorship election under the platform of the Allied People\u2019s Movement (APM) as the fall out of the party\u2019s primary election.<\/p>\n<p>The then Adams Oshiomhole-led National Working Committee of the APC had recognized Prince Dapo Abiodun as the party\u2019s flagbearer, preventing Amosun from having Akinlade as his successor.<\/p>\n<p>After the election in 2019, Akinlade returned to the APC alongside his followers.<\/p>\n<p>He obtained the party\u2019s nomination form in 2022, but he was said to have scored zero in the election won by the incumbent Gov Abiodun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A close ally of former Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, Hon. Adekunle Akinlade, has dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC). Akinlade said his decision to dump the party was as a result of the failure of the national leadership of the APC to settle the rift within the party in Ogun. Akinlade, in a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":200009,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[41040,41039,91,521],"class_list":["post-200007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-akinlade","tag-amosuns-ally","tag-apc","tag-ogun"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.8 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Amosun\u2019s ally, Akinlade dumps APC in Ogun<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/06\/29\/amosuns-ally-akinlade-dumps-apc-in-ogun\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Amosun\u2019s ally, Akinlade dumps APC in Ogun\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A close ally of former Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, Hon. 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