By Omeiza Ajayi, ABUJA
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has disqualified a former deputy governor and ex-Nationwide Secretary of the social gathering, Senator Iyiola Omisore; one other former deputy governor, Benedict Olugboyega Alabi; and 4 different governorship aspirants from taking part in its December 13, 2025, main election in Osun State.
Others affected by the disqualification are Dotun Babayemi, Akin Ogunbiyi, Senator Babajide Omoworare, Kunle Adegoke (SAN) and Babatunde Haketer Oralusi.
In its report submitted on Friday to the social gathering’s organisation division, the seven-member screening committee chaired by Barrister Obinna Uzor introduced that solely two aspirants—Hon. Mulikat Adeola Jimoh and Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji—met all necessities to contest the first.
In accordance with the committee, each aspirants “fulfilled regulatory circumstances as stipulated by the social gathering’s pointers, the Structure and the Electoral Act”, thereby incomes full clearance.
Nonetheless, the panel referred the six disqualified aspirants to the Nationwide Working Committee (NWC) for a ultimate assessment and potential clearance earlier than the shadow ballot.
The committee revealed in its six-page report, signed by all members, that it acted on a petition submitted by the Osun APC Renewal Group.
The petition had urged the disqualification of two aspirants on the grounds that they failed to satisfy the necessary nominator necessities set by the APC Structure and pointers.
The panel acknowledged that “upon cautious assessment, the Committee discovered the problems raised within the petition to be weighty, substantial and germane to the integrity of the screening course of.” It added that, within the curiosity of equity and uniform utility of the foundations, the identical requirements had been utilized to all 9 aspirants.
“Accordingly, the Committee prolonged the identical scrutiny to all 9 aspirants, guaranteeing that each sponsor (nominator) of an aspirant was assessed on the premise of compliance with Articles 9.3(i) and 31.2(ii) of the APC Structure and Paragraph 6(c) of the Pointers,” the report famous, saying this was to protect a degree enjoying discipline and uphold inside social gathering democracy.
On the finish of the two-day train, the committee confirmed that solely Jimoh and Oyebamiji “satisfactorily met all constitutional and guideline necessities of the APC, together with correct nomination by the requisite variety of totally registered, financially up-to-date social gathering members from every Native Authorities Space.”
It noticed that Senators Omisore and Omoworare and Babayemi, Ogunbiyi, Alabi, Adegoke and Oralusi failed to satisfy the necessary situation of being nominated by not less than 5 financially compliant members from every native authorities, as required beneath Articles 9.3(i) and 31.2(ii) of the APC Structure and Paragraph 6(c) of the 2025 Governorship Major Pointers.
In the meantime, the Screening Attraction Committee chaired by Senator Tola Odebiyi is scheduled to take a seat on Saturday in Abuja to listen to petitions from the seven disqualified aspirants and every other aggrieved social gathering stakeholders.
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