Press Release.

August 10, 2018.


False declaration of intent and Endorsement of the Candidature of Hon. Yinka Mafe as Sole Candidate for House of Representatives election in Remo is False and an Insult to the Sensibilities of Members of the All Progressive Congress all over the World.

By: Hon. Olusola Sonuga


It has come to my notice that a certain claim in circulation has it that Hon. Yinka Mafe, Honourable member representing Sagamu Constituency 1 in the Ogun State House of Assembly has been endorsed and adopted by the leadership of the All Progressive Congress in Sagamu Local Government of Ogun State as the candidate for the House of Representatives election slated for next year. Such a false story has provoked the need to make a reply for records sake and in the interest of our dear party, the APC.

Diligent investigation has revealed that the above claim is false, baseless and the mischief of some who do not wish the party well. The party executives in Sagamu Local Government who are said to have endorsed the candidature of Hon. Yinka Mafe have adamantly refuted such claims and spoken to the contrary. The party leadership, through its Chairman, has also come out to debunk this news making the rounds in the media as contrived and not representing the true state of affair of the party with regards to the election for next year.

Effectively, I want to use this medium to reassure my supporters and the general masses that the claim that Hon. Yinka Mafe has been picked to the exclusion of any other contestant for the House of Representatives election is untrue and not factual. I am still very much in contention for the ticket of our great party for the representative election and committed to winning a free and fairly contested party primary as a precursor to winning the election for our great party once again.

The public should kindly note that the All Progressive Congress (APC) is a party whose abiding principles and policies are rooted in democracy and fair play. The insinuation that the party has endorsed Hon. Yinka Mafe at his declaration of intent to contest for House of Representatives is a gross deviation from the letters and spirit of the party’s constitution.

Let it be known that the APC have clearly laid out procedures in the build up to any and all contested elective positions. Any one interested in bearing the party’s mandate in an election is bound by the spelt out parameters for the primaries and main election. Any action taken independent of such laid down procedures is contempt and in spite of the party, its constitution and its members, and would be resisted by all possible means.

The public is advised to disregard any and all such claims now and in the weeks/months leading to the party primary as no consensus party has been adopted by the party. The party's ticket is yet in contest and would be decided in favor of one of all contesting candidates in a party primary slated for later this year and conducted in a free, fair and unbiased atmosphere.

Kindly discountenance all mischievous attempts to rubbish the party's efforts in Sagamu Local Government. The party remains committed to equity and fair play, and we must all accept its assurances in good faith.

Thank you.

Signed:

Hon. Olusola Sonuga
Aspirant for the House of Representatives Seat, Remo Federal Constituency, Ogun State under the All Progressive Congress (APC)