Osun APC Reacts to Omoluabi Progressives’ Exit, Describes Move as Good Riddance

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State has dismissed the announcement by The Omoluabi Progressives, a group loyal to former Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, that it is quitting the party.

In a statement issued on Monday by Kola Olabisi, the APC’s Director of Media and Information, the party stated that it is unbothered by the group’s decision, noting that its members had effectively left the APC in 2022.

The statement described the exit as “good riddance to bad rubbish,” claiming that the group had been working against the party’s interest for years.

The statement reads:
“We, in the Osun State APC, shall be happy to miss the political irritants and deviants who had since left the party by way of body and soul before the 2022 governorship election in the state.

“How would any rational human being who has been suspended or expelled announce his resignation to the whole world again? Is that not an example of superfluity?

You cannot be saying you are in our party and be working against the interest of the same party.

“You are agents of the PDP in Osun State and you are still of service to the ruling party in the state. What we are seeing with hindsight is that the hand is proverbially that of Jacob while the voice is identifiable to Esau.

“We shall be ready for the antics of the political renegades.

The ambulatory Omoluabi Progressives believe they are more progressive in Nigeria than the real progenitors of the progressives party, having no respect for the elders and their political benefactors.

“We are not bothered by the action of the frustrated and expired politicians who had since left the party about three years ago when all their efforts to destabilize and hijack the party did not come to fruition.

“The recent announcement of your forming or joining another party is the imminent beginning of your political funeral, which will end in your final burial through the 2026 governorship election.

“More importantly, the blindfolded followers of the ill-fated Omoluabi Progressives will regret being part of this shenanigan.

“Osun APC is waxing stronger by the day. Our message to the frustrated Omoluabi Progressive handlers is that whoever wants to bury his elder brother nakedly should take along his younger brother to show the latter how he too would be buried at the end of his journey of life.”

InfoStride News previously reported that The Omoluabi Progressives announced their exit from the APC on Sunday.

The group, in a statement signed by its Organising and Publicity Secretary, Abosede Oluwaseun, stated that the decision was a consensus by stakeholders after ratifying an earlier resolution from members across the 332 wards of Osun State during a monthly meeting in Ilesa.