Ahead of the APC Presidential Candidate’s campaign flag off in Osun State, scheduled to hold on Thursday, 2nd February, 2023, the National Chairman of Allied Peoples’ Movement (APM), Alhaji Muhammad Musa Bagana warns against the illegal negotiation going around the State by one Mr. Wale Adebayo who parades himself as the Osun State Chairman of the Party, promising to mortgage all candidates of the party seeking elections into the National and State Houses of Assembly during the 2023 General Elections to declare support for the APC.

The report further states that MR. WALE ADEBAYO is not the authentic APM State Party Chairman in Osun State as he, along with the former National Chairman, Yusuf Mamman Dantalle, and indeed the entire interim officers of the party at all levels were sacked by the declaratory judgement of a Federal High Court, Abuja dated 20th May, 2022 presided over by Hon. Justice D.U. Okorowo in Suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/1253/21 which declared the offices of all party officials at all levels vacant and directed that the affairs of the party be handed over to the Registered Trustees of the party; and further mandated them to conduct congresses and convention to democratically elect officers of the party at Ward, LGA/AC, State/FCT and National levels within ninety (90) days. In obedience and adherence to the said judgement, the Registered Trustees’ conduct of the congresses and convention within the prescribed period which resulted in the emergence of Alh. Muhammad Musa Bagana as the duely elected National Chairman of the APM.

The National Chairman disclosed that Hon. Adegboyega is the duely elected APM State Chairman in Osun State who participated in the party congress following the mandate of the Federal High Court.

It could be recalled that APM has been in the news since February, 2022 as a result of leadership tussle in the party which led to the suspension of the former National Chairman and Secretary, Yusuf Mamman Dantalle and Ayodele Oyadeyi Adebayo, respectively for abuse of office, fraudulent activities, flagrant disobedience to INEC guidelimes on party administration and incompetence before the Federal High Court Judgement in May, 2022 sacked the entire interim leadership and ordered for elections to democratically elect party officials.

The National Chairman, Alhaji Muhammad Musa Bagana in a press release cautioned those dealing with MR. WALE ADEBAYO as if he is the Party State Chairman in Osun to desist from that because he parades himself as such for his personal gains. He added that Mr. Adebayo and his cohorts are negotiating to mortgage the interest of the candidates seeking elections to National and State Assemblies and the party at large, to perpetuate their desire to only use the party platform for negotiation with candidates and to also mortgage the party to the APC Presidential Candidate by declaring support for him. This is not the decision of the party and anyone committed to doing any negotiation with Mr. Wale Adebayo does that at his or her own risk. Their action is against the motto of our party which is INTEGRITY, SACRIFICE AND SERVICE. They are not committed to ensuring that candidates win election or for the sustainability of the party but are more interested and concerned about what they can get for their pockets.

Alhaji Muhammad Musa Bagana further decried the continuous ‘recognition’ of the sacked National Chairman and Secretary (Yusuf Mamman Dantalle and Ayodele Oyadeyi Adebayo respectively) by INEC despite the judgement of the Federal High Court which was denied a stay of execution by both the Federal High Court and the Court of Appeal.

He therefore called on INEC to revisit the Declaratory Judgement of the Federal High Court, Abuja made on 20th May, 2022 and execute it to compliment the good works it is doing to reform the electoral process as internal democracy in the administration of the political parties would further strengthen our democratic processes.

He urged all members of the APM in Osun State to team.up and resist every attempt by unscrupulous members within and outside the party that would drag the name of the party in the mud as it was evidenced in the Osun State last Governorship Election where Wale Adebayo defrauded both the APC and PDP in the manner he is venturing into at the moment. This is also by extension, serving as cautionary to all Nigerians and other political parties across the nation, to be wary of the characteristic illegal negotiations on the part of Yusuf Mamman Dantalle in the name of the Allied People’s Movement, APM.

Alhaji Bagana applauded the good works of Hon. Adegboyega, the Osun State Chairman of APM for being vigilant, proactive and committed to the genuine cause of the party in upholding her tenets of INTEGRITY, SACRIFICE AND SERVICE.