Fourteen registered political parties in Osun State have elected a new nine-member executive committee for a faction of the Inter-Party Advisory Council, IPAC, in Osun State.
The election was conducted through affirmation on Monday in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, in the presence of representatives of the participating political parties.
Chairman of the Democratic Leadership Alliance, DLA, Tosin Odeyemi, emerged as the new Chairman of the faction, while Prof. Adigun Adepeju of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, was elected Deputy Chairman.
Other members of the executive include Araoye Kazeem of the Action Alliance, AAC, as Secretary, Adesuyi Olufemi of the Zenith Labour Party, ZLP, as Publicity Secretary, and Mustapha Muideen of the Labour Party, LP, as Treasurer.
Dr Gbenga Afeni of the National Rescue Movement, NRM, was elected Organising Secretary, while Waheed Adediran of the All Progressives Congress, APC, emerged as Legal Adviser.
Tayo Adeyemi of the African Action Congress, AAC, became Financial Secretary, with Adebayo Olasunkanmi of the Allied Peoples Movement, APM, elected Deputy Secretary.
The election was attended by chairmen and representatives of several political parties, including the Action Democratic Party, ADP, Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Social Democratic Party, SDP, and National Democratic Party, NDP.
The electoral committee was chaired by the National Democratic Party’s Ezekiel Ayoola.
In his acceptance speech, Odeyemi said 16 of the 22 registered political parties in the state participated in the process, explaining that the decision to constitute a new executive followed the failure of the national leadership
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