Ahead of the All Progressives Congress’ state congress scheduled for Tuesday, stakeholders in the party in Oyo State have adopted zoning arrangement to choose its officers.

The APC, in a statement by its state Publicity Secretary, Olawale Sadare, said that the zoning arrangement would be handled by an adhoc committee set up by the party.

Mr Sadare said that the stakeholders met on Sunday at its state party secretariat in Ibadan to ratify and inaugurate members of its adhoc zoning committee.

He said that the committee to be chaired by Fatai Ibikunle had been given the task of allotting available posts in the state executive committee to each of the 33 LGA chapters.

Mr Sadare said that other committee members include Afeez Bolaji to serve as its secretary, Idris Adeoye, Adesoji Adedeji, Ajiboye Sangogade and Akeem Olatunji .

He said the party commended its members for their passion and commitment to peace and harmony as demonstrated in recent times.

It urged them to sustain the tempo even as the 2027 general elections drew near.

“In line with the directives of the national leadership of our great party, stakeholders have agreed to maintain the consensus approach with which the ward and local government area congresses were successfully conducted.

“The Alhaji Fatai Ibikunle-led Adhoc Zoning Committee has already swung into action and in the next few hours, each local government chapter would know the post which their representative would occupy on the state executive committee.

“As soon as this information is communicated to them by the state secretariat, relevant stakeholders in each of the 33 local government chapters are expected to meet and send the name of their respective nominees for the mandatory screening by a special team from Abuja.

“To this end, we urge leaders across the 33 local government areas to ensure that the best candidates are considered for nomination as only the best is good for our great Party,” Mr Sadare said.

According to the statement, the party is confident that the nomination and screening exercises will be completed within the stipulated time before the inauguration of the new state executives at the Obafemi Awolowo Stadium in Ibadan on Tuesday.

It stated, “We urge all stakeholders within Oyo APC to work together in the overall interest of our great party and ensure that the congresses produce the desired results.”

(NAN)