This was made known in a statement signed by the Organising and Publicity Secretary, Omoluabi Progressives, Oluwaseun Abosede, obtained in Osogbo, which stated that the decision to quit APC was the consensus of the stakeholders in the group.
Speaking on the withdrawal while featuring on Rédíò Afínju’s Yoruba current affairs program ‘Gbagede Ọrọ,’ the Chairman of the Omoluabi Progressives, Azeez Adesiji, maintained the decision was borne out of uninvestigated expulsion of the leader of the group, Rauf Aregbesola by APC.
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He noted that the formation of Omoluabi Progressives is for promoting culture and upholding the virtues that Osun State is known for.
On the rift between the immediate past Executive Governor of Osun State, Gboyega Oyetola, and past Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, Adesiji maintained that bigwigs in the Party were unable to settle the matter, stressing that President Bola Tinubu was being nonchalant on the issue as he and a one time Governor of the State, Bisi Akande were contacted.
While highlighting the prospect of Omoluabi Progressives, Adesiji affirmed that the Party is ready and will field candidates in the forthcoming gubernatorial election in the State.
Reacting to this, a Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bade Falade, expressed his dissatisfaction over the move, saying the pedigree of Aregbesola and his followers cannot be overemphasized.
He added that no political party would want to lose the caliber of Aregbesola as its member.
Falade maintained that the rift between Aregbesola and Oyetola did not emanate at the grassroots level, leaving him helpless, as the issue involves bigwigs in the party.
He believed that forming Omoluabi Progressives was a way of creating a third force in the State, and APC as a party lost nothing, as the group only sat on the fence in the last gubernatorial election in the State.
Falade mentioned that Aregbesola would still be betrayed by his followers as some of them would not follow him to his new Party.