A chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC)in Ekiti State, Chief Ayodeji Babatola, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to urgently intervene in the affairs of the party in the state, warning that the APC is heading towards collapse.
Babatola raised the alarm on Sunday in in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti state capital during an end-of-the-year gathering for APC stakeholders and grassroots members.
He said lloyal party members across the 16 local government were being sidelined in governance and appointment, a situation he said has eroded confidence among many APC stakeholders and grassroots supporters.
Babatola claimed that many aggrieved members have vowed not to participate in forthcoming elections, a development he warned could significantly weaken the party’s structure and reduce votes for President Tinubu in the 2027 general elections.
The APC stalwart described the future of the party in Ekiti chapter as “bleak and unsustainable,” alleging that aspirants unjustly disqualified by what he termed “unscrupulous elements” acting in their own selfish interests.
He cited the case of Kayode Ojo, a former governorship aspirant, who was disqualified by the party’s National Working Committee (NEC) on the grounds that his nominators were not registered members of the APC.
Recounting his personal experience, Babatola recalled his ordeal during the 2018 National Assembly primaries in Ekiti State where aspirants were assured of a free and open contest, only for them to later be informed that preferred candidates had already been selected.
He added that monies paid for nomination forms were not refunded, a pledge he said has remained unfulfilled till date.
He warned that similar trend of exclusion and disqualification have continued in the party, thereby deepening disaffection among APC members in Ekiti state and spreading to neighbouring Osun State.
Babatola said the party must return to its founding principles of justice, fairness, and internal democracy, warning that if a few individuals continue to run the APC as a personal inheritance, its collapse in Ekiti would become inevitable.
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