The All Progressives Congress in Oyo State has described the rumour that the state chapter of the party had been fragmented as false.
The state Chairman of APC, Akin Oke, warned those whom he called the negative elements in the party to have a rethink or face the consequences of their actions.
Oke, in a statement personally signed and made available to journalists in Ibadan, on Monday, said those behind the rumour were scheming for personal reasons.
Some interests within the party had speculated that following the death of its leader, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, the peace within its fold had degenerated.
The statement read in parts, “These groups of unscrupulous and insidious characters move about to give an impression to the outside world that our party is fragmented when, in fact, we have only one Oyo APC with legal-binded Executive Committees at ward, local government and state levels as well as elected representatives comprising two senators out of the three from the state, 10 House of Representatives members out of 14 and six House of Assembly members.
“The same people giving a wrong impression of belonging to factions are those who participated in the last general elections as aspirants, candidates and members of other political parties.
“Despite putting their best into the mission to stop all the candidates of the APC, including President Muhammadu Buhari, they ended up a failure and this explains why they have no serving elected official they can call their own as at today.
“However, there is no denying the fact that most of these people are former members of our party who left for personal reasons. If any of them now decides to come back, we shall be glad to welcome them back to the fold.
“We have always been magnanimous to them as we have not, at any time, attempted to block the chances of some of them who have secured federal appointments through the back door.
“To this end, we are ready to reach out to known aggrieved members of our party across the state and this we shall do to complement the efforts of the Reconciliation Committee set up by our late leader, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, with a clear mandate to resolve all issues and further strengthen Oyo APC.
“The Committee, headed by former governor, Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala, has started its work in earnest and the State Working Committee of the party is determined to carefully consider their reports and recommendations for possible action as soon as possible to enable us plan ahead of future challenges.”
