The New Age Transformative Leadership for Good Governance [NATLFGG] has raised an alarm over the outcome of the All Progressives Congress [APC] Senatorial Primary Election in Oyo North, alleging that the authentic winner, Col. Gbenga Adegbola [Rtd.], was unlawfully replaced on the party’s final list of flag bearers.
The group, which addressed the press in Abuja on Monday, described the development as “political self-sabotage” that could hand victory to the opposition in the 2027 senatorial contest.
*‘A Misstep That Will Have Consequences’*
Speaking at the briefing, NATLFGG National Coordinator, *AK Peters*, said ratifying Mrs. Hannah Ogunesun as the APC candidate for Oyo North instead of Col. Adegbola was a direct truncation of the will of party members.
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“Ratifying the candidature of Mrs. Hannah Ogunesun for the Oyo North Senate is a misstep. It is a political self-sabotage and such can hand over the opposition victory and it becomes a lifeline for the APC,” Peters stated.
“This is not an attack on the party. This is a warning. Proceeding with this ticket will have their consequences and those will be swift,” he added.
Democracy Truncated’
Also speaking, the group’s Deputy National Coordinator, *Muhammad Sani*, accused unnamed powerful individuals within the party of overriding the majority’s choice.
“It appears as if the will of the people has been truncated. What is democracy without respecting the will of the majority? If one person, one individual anywhere, no matter how highly placed he or she is, will determine the fate of a local government, of a constituency, of a state, you don’t have a democracy,” Sani said.
The group held its briefing under the banner: _“An Urgent Memo to the All Progressives Congress: The Oyo North Ticket”_, as seen on the backdrop at the press conference covered by News Central TV.
*Call for Internal Democracy*
NATLFGG called on the APC national leadership to urgently uphold internal party democracy, reverse what it called an illegitimate substitution, and restore Col. Adegbola as the party’s rightful flag bearer for Oyo North Senatorial District.
The group warned that failure to act could erode APC’s goodwill and electoral strength in the zone ahead of the next general elections.
Efforts to get a reaction from the APC Oyo State chapter and Mrs. Ogunesun’s camp were ongoing at press time.
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*Key Facts from Broadcast:*
1. *Allegation*: Col. Gbenga Adegbola declared the authentic winner, but replaced by Mrs. Hannah Ogunesun on APC’s final list.
2. *Group*: New Age Transformative Leadership for Good Governance [NATLFGG].
3. *Risk Cited*: “Political self-sabotage” that may deliver Oyo North to the opposition.
4. *Demand*: Respect for the will of the majority and immediate party intervention.
Would you like me to also draft a shorter *press statement version* that Col. Adegbola’s media team can release directly to _Leadership Newspaper_ and other dailies?
