National leader of the All
Progressives Congress, APC, and former
governor of Ogun State, Chief Olusegun Osoba,
the three senators and eight House of
Representatives members from the state as well
as 10 members from the state House of
Assembly, were among prominent party
stalwarts that shunned the official lunch of the
newly registered party, in the state.
The launch, held at Ake palace ground in Ake,
Abeokuta, yesterday, was mostly attended by
members of the party believed to be loyalists of
governor Ibikunle Amosun.
There had been internal wrangling within the
defunct ACN which led to its factionalisation
into Osoba and Amosun groups.
The crisis was pronounced yesterday as Osoba
and his followers, including 21 lawmakers, both
at the federal and state Assemblies, were
conspicuously absent at the official launch of
the party in the state.
But, in a swift reaction, the state commissioner
for Information and strategy, Mr. Yusuph
Olaniyonu, denied any crisis in the party, saying
Osoba is a national leader who was not expected
at the event.
Olaniyonu, who spoke with our correspondent on
phone, said that the members of the National
Assembly could not attend the launch because
they were in Brazil.
Against the expectation that the stalwarts of
the merging parties would address the crowd
one after the other, only three leaders, including
the governor, addressed the people.
Addressing the crowd, former Chairman of
defunct Congress for Progressive Change in the
state, Mr. Kunle Mudashiru, vowed that the
merger of the defunct parties would defeat the
Peoples Democratic Party in the coming
elections.
Also speaking, one of the national officers of the
defunct All Nigeria Peoples Party, ANPP, Wasiu
Olalekan pledged that the new party would give
the people of the country good dividends of
democracy, compared to the dark 14 years of the
PDP at the national level.
However, the Interim Chairman of the party in
the state, Mr. Tajudeen Bello, did not make any
comment but, rather sang two songs.
Thereafter, governor Ibikunle Amosun took the
centre stage assuring the people of the state of
better governance both at the state and the
national level if the party is voted into office in
the coming general elections.
He described the party as the only party that
has presence in all the six geopolitical zones in
the country.

Source - www.vanguardngr.com/2013/08/osoba-21-lawmakers-others-shun-ogun-apc-launch/

This is part of the issue APC should sit up and address rather than engaging in war of words.
Internal wrangling. The wrangling is in almost all the state of the Federation where you have APC.
Kano, Nassarawa, Ekiti, Ogun, Anambra, Imo and so many other states.
It is in their best interest to address their internal crisis now else PDP internal crisis will be a child play.

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Okupe the prophet saw it coming, when he made his now famous prediction.....Is this how they intend to win the polls in 2015 ?..the whole APC idea is just one big joke. LOL !

"Osoba is a national leader who was not
expected at the event " How lazy? Where else would you have expected him? At the international launch of the party? What about the absent state lawmakers?
Who didn't know there is a cold war between Osoba and Amosun and the state assembly is polarised towards that direction.
When the internal wrangling in this party blossoms, everyone wil understand the maturity of PDP.

..... Kai!!

I believe the APC will be able to overcome the teething challenges. This shows that the party that merged at the national level have not really merged at the state and local govt level. because players and stakeholders at the national level are not the same at the state and local government level.

Imagine a politician who has invested so much in the state and local government wing of a party,let us say ANPP; is now being submerged in APC simply because someone want's to be the president of Nigeria. My point is, a lot need to be done by APC.