Oyo Guber: Adelabu dumps APC

Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Chief Adebayo Adelabu on Sunday announced that he has officially dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The former CBN Deputy Governor who did not disclose the party he will be contesting ahead of the 2023 general election, said that the APC has been hijacked in the state.

Adelabu who spoke during an emergency meeting with his followers in Ibadan after the emergence of three times Senator, Teslim Folarin, said that he will realise his ambition in another political party.

At the meeting where the movement from APC to another yet to be announced the party was considered, were Senator Ademola Adeseun, former Oyo South senatorial aspirant, Dr Olusola Ayandele, former APC Deputy Chairman, Alhaji Isiaka Alimi, Chief Goke Oyetunji, Chief Kunle Sanda, former Chairman of Atisbo Local government, Mr Jacob Ogunmola, former ALGON Chairman, Ayodeji Abass-Aleshinloye and Mr Wasiu Ajimobi, a younger brother to the immediate past governor, Abiola Ajimobi.

Adelabu while speaking said that he is consulting with his followers across the 33 local government areas of the state to know the best political party to realise his ambition in 2023.

He said he will announce his next political party in the next 48 hours after a meeting with the leaders of his group.

According to him, “Since my followers have asked me to leave APC, we have left the APC. We will sit down with our leaders to decide on the political party to go. We will come back to APC after winning the gubernatorial election because we are progressives.

“It worked during the time of late Abiola Ajimobi, he left AC and went to ANPP and later came back to ACN. Just give us 48 hours to get back to you to announce the next political party to join”.