Personal aides, confidants and advisers of late Rt. Hon. Prince Musiliu Olaide Akinremi Jagaban have since the release of their public statement last Thursday where they distanced themselves from the campaign affairs of the Ibadan North APC, come under heavy criticism, castigation, character assassination, maligning, name-calling, spiteful and disparaging remarks alongside countless verbal assaults from the Oyo State APC and Ibadan North APC executives, and this is exactly what they stated as part of the reasons for their decision to stay away from the Ibadan North APC in the course of campaign and electioneering for the bye-election coming up on 16th August 2025 in the first place.
In a brazen, ill-mannered and thoughtless way that had characterized the Oyo State APC’s interactions and engagements towards members of Akinremi’s think tank since last year, the Oyo State APC Public Relations Officer Mr Olawale Sadare, and the Ibadan North APC Youth Leader Mr Aliu Jubril Aroso went on a couple of radio political programmes over the weekend to exhibit the emptyness in their thoughts and classlessness in their actions, hugely embarrassing themselves to the hearing of the public in their failed attempt to denigrate, disparage and condemn late Hon. Akinremi’s personal aides.
We take strong objection to all the disparaging remarks been made about us, and we are publicly refuting them. If Mr Olawale Sadare frolicks with other people’s wives and girlfriends, and if he conducts shady businesses with people, then he should speak for himself and not use such narratives to describe us. We are men and women of integrity and sound character, brought up from different responsible homes, and this has been proven all through our years of being the closest confidants of late Prince Akinremi Jagaban. And if Mr Sadare and Mr Jubril Aroso says we are unimportant and have no electoral value, the public should ask them why they had to descend so low, dropping every moral and ethical stands just to condemn us.
Our earlier statement was unambiguous, we were very clear, and as such it is surprising that even a set of APC LG Executives also joined the messy fray by releasing a statement in the name of Akinremi Legacy Forum, and also attempting to taint us in bad light. These set of people are actually Ibadan North APC Local Government Executives who by extension are members of Akinremi Legacy Forum, they aren’t the brains nor the coordination behind the forum, more so, the Akinremi Legacy Forum also comprises members of the public who aren’t politicians nor affiliated with any political party, as the lovers of late Hon. Akinremi are widespread and not limited to his followers inside the party alone. As such, it is bewildering that they are now claiming ownership/leadership of the forum as an entire APC appendage, and this is false.
We see no reason why the Ibadan North APC have to become this jittery about our decision to abstain from their campaign if truly we have no electoral value. The complications that currently exists within the party hasn’t been resolved, 7 major aspirants out of 10 remain largely aggrieved with the entire Oyo State APC Excos unable to placate them till date. And with only 12 days to the election, the party haven’t been able to even constitute a campaign council, neither have they been able to publicly present the nominated candidate to the generality of party faithfuls at the usual Oke-Apon Local Government venue of the party’s meeting due to the current logjam and standstill. Mr Sadare and Mr Jubril Aroso didn’t find all these issues important to resolve, but have time to write fruitless rejoinders and take time-wasting radio tours.
While we do not plan to continue mixing words with anyone going further from now, we have to correct the malicious, erroneous, and self-serving misrepresentation of our personalities and reputation by these folks for future references, and to let the entire public understand once again, that the Oyo State APC has finally displayed publicly to them, what we have been bearing privately since last year, which necessitated our decision to stand aloof at this important time.
Thank you.
Signed;
Mr Micheal Adegbuyi (Media Aide to late Hon. Olaide Akinremi).
Mr Azeez Shittu (P.A to late Hon. Akinremi)
Mr Adedamola Layade
Mr Muhammed Makinde
Mrs Kudirat Adebayo
Mr Aliu Jubril Kayode
Mrs Mariam Alao
Mr AbdulMumeen Olaniyan
