Africa Press-Nigeria:
The crisis rocking the Oyo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) took another dimension at the weekend when some stalwarts of the party shunned a peace meeting presided over by a former Governor of the state, Chief Christopher Adebayo Alao-Akala.
Our correspondent learnt that the immediate past governor of the state, late Abiola Ajimobi had set up and inaugurated a 16-man peace committee led by Alao Akala with Prince Gbade Lana as secretary to reconcile aggrieved members of the party in the state.
Alao-Akala in a bid to reconcile the aggrieved members at the weekend called a peace meeting in order to settle all the crisis in the party.
Alao-Akala had on Saturday, prior to the meeting said that all the major blocks in the party were ready to return to the APC fold.
Our correspondent, however, learnt that major stakeholders among who were former Ministers, Commissioners, Lawmakers and other stalwarts of the party shunned the meeting presided over by Alao-Akala who is the Chairman of the reconciliation committee of the party in the state.
Major party stalwarts who distanced themselves from Alao-Akala’s peace meeting included; Minister for Youth and Sports, Mr. Sunday Dare, immediate past Deputy Governor, Moses Alake-Adeyemo, immediate past Minister of Communications, Barr. Adebayo Shittu, and a former Chief of Staff to late Ajimobi, Professor Adeolu Akande.
Others are; former Deputy Governor to former Governor Lamidi Adesina, Barrister Iyiola Oladokun, Hon. Yunus Akintunde, Fatai Ibikunle, Bayo Adewusi, Sen. Adesoji Akanbi, Sen. Ayo Adeseun.
Asiwaju Rotimi Ajanaku, Hon. Dapo Lam-Adesina, Abiodun Olasupo, Hon. Taiwo Michael Akintola, Hon. Sunbo Olugbemi, Hon. Sunday Adepoju, Akeem Agbaje, Ayodeji Kareem, Isiaka Alimi, Ajiboye Omodewu, Goke Oyetunji and other prominent members of the party were also absent.
