Barring any last-minute intervention, another All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant in Oyo State, Akeem Agbaje, may be set to dump the party, a source said.

The source within Mr Agbaje’s camp told journalists on Monday that the governorship aspirant might join New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) to actualise his ambition.

“Agbaje is certainly not happy with the conduct of the last APC governorship primary in Oyo State and that is why he is considering moving out of the party along with his teeming supporters,” the source said.

He said that Mr Agbaje had dropped a hint at a gathering in Ibadan, adding that arrangements had been concluded for him to defect to NNPP.

Mr Agbaje and some other governorship aspirants had complained over alleged manipulations of the delegates’ list during the primary election.

Other aspirants, who were also affected by what they called “high-tec manipulations” by the APC leadership at the national level, were Adebayo Adelabu, Niyi Akintola (SAN), Azeez Adeduntan and Hakeem Alao.

While Mr Adelabu had since defected to Accord Party over the same issue, others remain aggrieved, although they have yet to announce their next political moves.

The source said that Mr Agbaje had complained about the alleged conspiracy by the party’s national secretariat and its leaders on the process that produced Sen. Teslim Folarin as the governorship candidate.

According to him, the outcome of the exercise has torn APC in the state apart, with the minority now holding sway.

However, Mr Agbaje could not be reached for confirmation at the time of filing this report. 

(NAN)