IPAC Re-elects Simeon Adewale Adebayo as Chairman

 

IPAC RE-ELECTS SIMEON ADEWALE ADEBAYO AS CHAIRMAN

 

 

The Inter-party Advisory Council (IPAC), the umbrella body of registered Political Parties in Nigeria, Osun state chapter has re-elected Simeon Adewale Adebayo, the Osun State Chairman of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) as Chairman of the Council for the second term, for year 2022-2023. The election was held at the Osun State Secretariat of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday, 21st day of January, 2022.

 

 

According to a statement signed by the newly re-elected Public Relations Officer of the Council who is also the state Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Popoola Olatunji Tunde said Osun IPAC on Friday returned Simeon Adewale Adebayo of APM for a 2-year tenure as Chairman.

 

 

Simeon Adewale Adebayo (APM), Adesuyi John Olufemi (ZLP), Tosin Odeyemi (NNPP),  Popoola Olatunji Tunde (APGA), Remi Ayanlade (YPP), Odesola Oluseye Titus (APP) and Bello Adebayo (LP) all retained their positions as Chairman, Deputy Chairman, Secretary, Publicity Secretary, Treasurer, Financial Secretary and Organizing Secretary of the Council.

 

 

However, Muritala Adegboyega of the Action Democratic Party (ADP) and Okandeji Abideen Tunde of the Advanced Democratic Congress (ADC) newly joined the council as Assistant Secretary and Legal Adviser respectively.

 

Speaking after the election, the newly re-elected chairman of IPAC in Osun state assured that his leadership would provide a level playing field for all members to participate actively for the general good of the Council.

 

 

Osun IPAC appeals to parties to conduct credible primaries

 

OSUN IPAC APPEALS TO PARTIES TO CONDUCT CREDIBLE PRIMARIES

 

Ahead of the July 16 Governorship election in Osun State, the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), has admonished political parties in Osun state to resist any attempt by criminals to infiltrate the state and turn Osun into a combat zone.  

 

The admonition was contained in a statement issued by IPAC Osun Chairman, Mr. Wale Adebayo, on Sunday in Osogbo.

 

The statement also urged the political parties to organize their primaries in ways that the best will emerge as candidates from their numerous aspirants.

 

The Statement partly reads:  

 

“Ahead of the July 16 Governorship election in Osun State, we urged political parties to abide by the dictates of the electoral act. We also advise all concerned Stakeholders to toe the path of honour and not involve in acts that will lead to the breakdown of law and order.

 

“IPAC is aware of the serious crisis within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State. We appeal to them in the interest of our people not to turn the state into battle ground.”

 

“It is obvious that democracy can only flourish in a peaceful environment. It is our only hope of building a strong, virile, stable, prosperous and a just society.”

 

“Any threat to the democratic process is a threat to our nationhood and existence and it must be resisted by all the patriotic Osun State Citizens.”

 

IPAC under the leadership of Mr. Wale Adebayo finally appealed to political parties interested in participating in the forthcoming governorship election to conduct credible primaries in order to avert violence and bloodshed that could heat up the polity and truncate the electorate process in the State.

APM attacks Oyetola over dearth of infrastructures in the state.

 

APM ATTACKS OYETOLA OVER DEARTH OF INFRASTRUCTURES IN THE STATE.

 

 

 -Non conduct of local -government election -Insecurity

 

The Osun State chapter of the Allied People's Movement has scored Governor Gboyega Oyetola low in the provision of infrastructures and social amenities.

 

Allied People's Movement has called on the governor to urgently prioritize the issue of infrastructure. Four year into the administration of the incumbent, we can't see any tangible road construction that had been completed in the entire state. Our roads are in bad shape.

 

The party castigated the governor for embarking on the construction of a flyover at Olaiya area in Osogbo, the state capital, the flyover the APM described as white elephant project. Nearly all the roads in the entire local government are in need of urgent attention. They are in a deplorable state.

 

A statement signed by the chairman of Allied People’s Movement (APM) in the state who doubles as the IPAC chairman, Wale Adebayo said the call has become imperative following recent happenings in the state.

 

It also lampooned the governor for his failure to conduct local government elections. The local government is the closest to the grassroots, and vast majority of our people reside there.

 

' It is disheartening that since the Oyetola led government fund its way into osun state , he hasn't conducted local government elections.

 

He further said the 1999 constitution did not give room for a caretaker committee at the local government level. The sole administrators in each local government have no direct link with the people, as they are merely appendages of the governor.

 

APM noted with dismay the non constitution of statutory boards by Governor Oyetola since he assumed office. This is indeed worrisome, as the governor has turned the state into his personal business. The economy of the state is in shambles; Adebayo fumed.

 

The party also wants the governor to explain to the good people of Osun State what the government has done with the ceded Sixty Percent ownership of Citi trust Holdings Plc. (formerly Omoluabi bank) that was celebrated with funfare.

 

Allied People's Movement also implored the governor to rejig the Amotekun corps to make it functional like other south west states.

 

'They are performing relatively well in Oyo and nearby states.  Ours should not be an exception; Adebayo said.

Independence: APM Congratulates Nigerians on 61st Independence Anniversary

 

INDEPENDENCE: APM CONGRATULATES NIGERIANS ON 61ST INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY

 

The Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Osun State Chapter, has congratulated Nigerians on the occasion of the nation’s 61st independence anniversary while calling on the people to avoid violence and all that would set the country on fire.

 

In a statement personally signed by the State Chairman of Allied Peoples Movement, in Osun State, Mr Wale Adebayo in Ila Orangun, said he remains optimistic that Nigeria will surmount its challenges and continue to maintain its place in the county of Nations.

 

At this point when democracy has come to stay in Nigeria, Nigerians should use the occasion of the 61st Independence Anniversary to redefine what should constitute the Nigerian dream, rally round that dream, support leaders who are capable and competent to realize that dream.

 

Adebayo also saluted the good people of Osun state and admonished the government of Osun State to  do more on infrastructure and security.

 

According to him, the security of lives and properties should be uppermost in the minds of government He also added that nothing is impossible in a united, peaceful and democratic Nigeria.

Bank Robbery: Osun IPAC condemns attack on bank in Iragbiji, Restates call for Security Summit

 BANK ROBBERY: OSUN IPAC CONDEMNS ATTACK ON BANK IN IRAGBIJI, REAFFIRMS CALL FOR SECURITY SUMMIT

 

 

The Osun State Chapter of the Interparty Advisory Council (IPAC) under the leadership of Mr. Wale Adebayo has condemned the recent armed robbery attack on a branch of Wema Bank in Iragbiji.

 

 

It would be recalled that armed robbers broke into a branch of Wema Bank in Iragbiji, headquarters of Boripe Local Government Area of Osun State, on Tuesday, killing two policemen. The deceased policemen were simply identified as Ogunbiyi Ahmed and Inspector Odeyemi Ayinla.

 

 

Disturbed about the constant bank robbery in Osun State, the Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC) has once again restated its call for a security summit to proffer solutions to the incessant robbery attacks on banks in the state.

 

 

IPAC in a statement issued on Tuesday by its Chairman, Mr. Wale Adebayo, conveyed its sympathy to the families of the Police Officers, who were gruesomely murdered in the bank robbery attack which occurred on Tuesday 28th September, 2021.

 

 

Adebayo said it received with sadness the report of the bank robbery which claimed the lives of two Police officers, identified as Ogunbiyi Ahmed and Inspector Odeyemi Ayinla in the State.

 

 

IPAC further sympathized with the rank and file of the Police Command in Osun State, and the immediate families of the slain officers.

 

 

In the release, the Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC) reaffirmed its plans to convene a security summit to hammer out a set of working principles to nip in the bud major Osun State’s security challenges.

 

 

To throw more light on the summit objectives, the Chairman said it aimed to bring together leading academics, security experts, research scholars, traditional rulers, banks and hoteliers to exchange and share their experiences and research results on how well to manage all aspects of community policing and terrorism prevention, strategy and policy.

 

 

IPAC Chairman finally called for the urgent intervention of Governor Gboyega Oyetola and other security operatives in the state to rise and put an end to the incessant robbery attacks in the state.