The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State has announced Alhaji Moshood Abas as its new acting chairman to fill the vacuum created by the death of Isaac Omodewu who, until last month, was the chairman of the party in the state.
Abas was, until his announcement as the acting chairman, the deputy state chairman of the Oyo APC.
These disclosures were made in statement issued on Monday, September 16, 2024, by the Oyo APC Publicity Secretary, Olawale Sadare, and made available to journalists in Ibadan.
He was elected alongside the late Omodewu and other members of the state executive committee of the party in the last state congress of the party, held in October 2021, at the Obafemi Awolowo Stadium, Oke-Ado, Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
The statement said the announcement of Abas as the acting chairman followed his ratification by all the state executive committee members, at an emergency meeting, held on Monday, September 16, at the APC state’s secretariat in Oke-Ado, Ibadan.
The statement read: “Following the transition of our former state chairman, Barr. Isaac Omodewu, the Constitution of our great party has placed on us an onus to fill the vacuum by elevating the Deputy State Chairman to the post of Acting Chairman, and this is exactly what the State Executive Committee did at an emergency meeting earlier today. The new acting chairman belongs to the category of the leaders of the progressives with an intimidating track record of service as a professional and a politician.
“Alhaji Abas, a certified pharmacist, started his active political carrier with the defunct Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) in the 70s, and he was a direct trainee under the late Uncle Bola Ige.
“In 1991, he emerged the Executive Chairman of the old Ifeloju Local Government Area (which was later split into Ibarapa Central and Ibarapa North Local Government Councils.
“He was also appointed the Chairman, Oyo State Hospital Management Board during the first term of the late Senator Abiola Ajimobi.
“In addition, he held various party positions at the state level between 2004 and 2009 under the defunct Action Congress (AC) and Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN).”
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