A faction of the Inter-Party Advisory Council in Osun State has disowned individuals listed as representatives of opposition political parties in the Osun Presidential Campaign Council for the re-election of President Bola Tinubu, led by Governor Ademola Adeleke.
The faction said the individuals named as its members in the Presidential Campaign Council were not authorised by the group to represent it.
This was contained in a statement signed and released on Tuesday by leaders of 11 political parties with representatives in the state.
The parties that signed the statement are the Action Alliance, National Rescue Movement, Action Democratic Party, Nigerian Democratic Congress, Social Democratic Party and National Democratic Party.
Others are the Democratic Leadership Alliance, African Action Congress, Labour Party, Zenith Labour Party and All Progressives Grand Alliance.
The group said an advertorial signed by Adeleke, in his capacity as coordinator of the Tinubu Presidential Campaign Council in Osun State, and published in a national daily, listed Odeleye Titus, Faribido Benson, Enorch Olalekan, Adetunji Olubunmi, Prince Adesoji Adeleke and Rev. Olatunji Popoola as IPAC representatives.
The faction, however, said the inclusion of the names in the campaign council’s list was misleading and could create confusion, insisting that the individuals had not been authorised to represent it on the committee.
Dissociating itself from the list, the faction warned against using the IPAC platform to score political points or create what it described as a false impression of broad-based acceptance.
It urged Tinubu not to recognise the individuals listed as Osun IPAC representatives in the campaign council, claiming that its members had a strong grassroots presence across all local government areas and were the legitimate stakeholders in the group.
