The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State has come under intense scrutiny for failing to present a coherent agenda to voters nearly three weeks after inaugurating its governorship campaign committee.
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Recall that on 7 April, the party unveiled a 31-man campaign team led by Rep. Oluwole Oke as Director-General, with zonal directors including Prince Adebayo Adeleke for Osun Central, Prince Dotun Babayemi for Osun West, and Hon.
Thomas Ogungbangbe for Osun East. The structure aims to mobilise support ahead of the 15 August 2026 governorship election.
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However, in a strongly worded statement released on Sunday, Pelumi Olajengbesi Esq., Spokesperson for the Imole Campaign Council (TICC) backing Governor Ademola Adeleke’s re-election bid described the APC committee as “rudderless, uninspiring, incompetent, and catastrophic” according to widespread public opinion.
Olajengbesi noted that about 20 days after the inauguration, the APC had offered “no manifesto, no policy direction, no vision, [and] no alternative roadmap.” He accused the party of displaying only “a desperate, naked obsession with power for power’s sake.”
The statement argued that a party seeking to regain power after electoral rejection should demonstrate humility, remorse, and fresh ideas.
Instead, it claimed, the APC had resorted to “noise, propaganda, and recycled political actors” who treat slogan-shouting as a substitute for substance.
“Opposition is not a theatre of empty attacks,” Mr Olajengbesi said. “It is a platform to present a superior alternative. Serious political actors earn power through vision… But what has Osun APC offered? Confusion packaged as politics. Ambition without responsibility. Criticism without credibility.”
He highlighted the party’s past record in government as its “greatest burden,” reminding residents of alleged hardships including delayed salaries for civil servants, unpaid pensions, economic difficulties, and perceived government indifference.
Market women, civil servants, pensioners, and youths, he said, still carry painful memories of that era, which he described as “not governance” but “endurance” and “systemic failure.”
The spokesperson questioned why the APC had not addressed key public concerns: its economic plan, new ideas, lessons learnt from previous shortcomings, and reasons for renewed public trust. “To date, Osun APC has answered none,” he added.
He warned that continued public appearances without concrete proposals only deepen scepticism and reopen old wounds. “Present your agenda. Show your blueprint. Account for your past. Explain why Osun should trust you again,” Olajengbesi demanded.
Until the APC does so, he concluded, it should stop subjecting the people of Osun to “the haunting echoes of a failed past they have already rejected.”
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