A female governorship aspirant of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Ondo State, Engr Folake Omogoroye has been suspended by the executives of her Ode Aye ward I in Okitipupa Local Government Area.
The suspension was reportedly due to alleged anti-party activities and flagrant disobedience to the party’s constituted authority.
“News Eyes Daily” gathered that Omogoroye has taken legal action, approaching a court to challenge the credentials submitted by Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa, who emerged victorious in the APC’s shadow election held on April 20.
Prior to the party’s primary election, some aspirants had cautioned against clearing Aiyedatiwa, citing a purported controversy surrounding the WAEC result he submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in 2020 when he served as the running mate to the late Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN.
Despite these concerns, the APC vetting committee cleared Governor Aiyedatiwa, dismissing the allegations as a distraction and stating that no credible evidence supported the claim of certificate forgery against him.
The suspension letter of Engr Folake Omogoroye was issued and signed by Akinsowola Awodele, the chairman of Ode-Aye ward I, and 12 other executive members.
The letter reads, “We the APC Executive Committee of Ode-Aye ward I in Okitipupa Local Government area of Ondo State at our meeting held on 25th day of May 2024, where we deliberated on issues of anti party activities and flagrant disobedience to constituted authority of APC by Engr Omogoroye Folakemi Judith. After much deliberations the executive of the ward resolved to suspend her from the party.
Consequently, Engr Omogoroye Folakemi Judith is hereby SUSPENDED from All Progressives Congress (APC) forthwith over flagrant disobedience to APC constituted authority and anti-party
activities.
“Recalled that the National Party Chairman of APC Alhaji Abdullahi Umar Ganduje met with all the Ondo State Governorship Aspirants on Thursday 25th of April 2024 in Abuja wherein he pleaded with all of them to cooperate with the candidate of the party and the Governor of Ondo state Hon Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa and they all pledged their unalloyed loyalty to the party, no sooner than later Engr Omogoroye Folakemi Judith went to sue APC and the candidate of the party who double as the Governor of Ondo state Hon Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa in court over the primary election in flagrant disobedience to the party instruction.
“Engr Omogoroye Folakemi Judith has since then engaged in anti-party activities by calling all her supporters in Ode-Aye and another part of the state to go and join NNPP because her own boss who bought the APC Governorship form for her in the person of Senator Jimoh Ibrahim Folorunso will soon be handed the gubernatorial ticket of NNPP.
“She told her followers in Ode-Aye community that she has vowed to ruin APC before she will leave the party hence her action at the federal high Court in Abuja to destabilize the party ahead of the
Governorship election coming up on 16th day of November, 2024.
“It must be reiterated here that Engr Omogoroye Folakemi Judith has been SUSPENDED FROM APC forthwith and she is hereby banned from engaging in any activities of APC anywhere in Nigeria”.
