Embittered Minister Shittu vows APC will never win Oyo guber race

A serving minister under the President Muhammadu Buhari administration, Adebayo Shittu has vowed that the gubernatorial candidate of the party in Oyo State, Adebayo Adelabu would not win under his watch.

The minister of communication made the statement in Abuja during a media chat.

He had sought the governorship ticket of the party before losing out for reasons that may not be unconnected to the controversy surrounding his NYSC certificate saga.

He blamed the incumbent governor Abiola Ajimobi and the National Chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole as the masterminds behind the exclusion of his name form the party’s primary.

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Several members of the APC had openly expressed grievances with the party over the outcome of its primary election and the subsequent exclusion of names of some aspirants form INEC’s list.

Governors Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun) and Rochas Okorocha (Imo) had threatened to work against the party’s governorship candidates in their states.

The party has since set up a Peace and Reconciliation Committee for each of the six geopolitical zones to reconcile aggrieved members ahead of the general elections.

Shittu, on his part, threatened to work against the governorship candidate of the APC in Oyo State, Adelabu, at the February elections.

Shittu who lost in the race for the governorship ticket said without restitution, there won’t be peace in the APC.

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