Oyetola Tipped For APC National Secretary To Replace Omisore

Former Governor of Osun State, Gboyega Oyetola, has been reportedly pencilled down for the position of the National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress(APC).

Naija News learned that the emergence of Oyetola as the scribe of the ruling party was one of the high points of the meetings held on Wednesday between President Bola Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima, and some APC governors at the State House, Abuja.

It is understood that the meeting was part of the president’s ongoing consultation with key players on how to get the economy on sound footing.

However, according to ThisDay, Oyetola was believed not to be particularly keen on the post because of his ambition to return to office in 2026 as governor of Osun State.

Recall that Oyetola was defeated by Governor Ademola Adeleke of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during last year’s governorship election in the state.

A ThisDay source claimed one of the reasons they insisted on Oyetola was because the president’s inner caucus wanted a Muslim candidate from the South West as National Secretary, which, allegedly, prompted Oyetola to suggest Senator Ajibola Basiru, also from Osun, instead.

The source said some stakeholders had continued to engage Oyetola on the need to take up the assignment, assuring him that it would not affect his governorship ambition.

Also on Wednesday, APC governors, under the umbrella of Progressives Governors’ Forum (PGF), expressed support for the resignation of former National Chairman of the party, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, and National Secretary, Senator Iyiola Omisore.

Addressing journalists after a closed-door meeting that lasted some two hours on Wednesday in Abuja, Uzodinma said the meeting deliberated on the resignation of Adamu and Omisor, stressing that both chieftains served the party well.

He said, “You must have heard of the resignation of the national chairman of our party and the national secretary of our party. Those are voluntary actions that have been taken and with due respect to our former national chairman and secretary, we commended the wisdom in what they have done. They served us well in the party, we are happy with their services and the party is united.

“There is no crisis in the party. They are happy, we are also happy. We are in support of their actions and we will continue to commend and recognise the services they have rendered to our great party. Their resignations have also been accepted by the leadership of the party. There is an acting chairman now and an acting secretary.”