Omisore Slams APC Disqualification, Calls Screening Panel Report “A Huge Joke”

Omisore Slams APC Disqualification, Calls Screening Panel Report “A Huge Joke”

Former National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Iyiola Omisore, has condemned his exclusion from the party’s Osun governorship primary, describing the decision as “a huge joke” and alleging that the screening panel acted with partisanship, bias, and procedural lapses.

Speaking to journalists after appearing before the APC Appeal Committee on Saturday in Abuja, Omisore said the panel’s report lacked credibility and was influenced by external pressure. The APC screening panel had earlier disqualified Omisore and six other aspirants over alleged failure to meet certain requirements.

Omisore insisted that neither he nor the other affected aspirants had been formally informed of any wrongdoing.
“That panel report is the biggest joke of the year. It is unfortunate that partisanship has been taken beyond politics. We know the panel produced multiple reports, and the one submitted to the secretariat was not the original,” he said.

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He further alleged that the panel chairman privately admitted facing pressure to disqualify major aspirants in favour of a preferred candidate.
“The chairman told us he was under pressure. Unfortunately, we are all victims of this,” Omisore stated.

Questioning the panel’s claim that the aspirants lacked the required number of nominators, Omisore argued that the party leadership has full access to the membership register and should have verified the information.
“He who alleges must prove,” he added.

The senator expressed confidence that the APC National Working Committee (NWC) would overturn the disqualification, stressing that the issues raised in the report revealed deeper divisions within the Osun APC.
“Even the committee’s own report said the party is factionalised and at risk of losing the election. So what exactly are we talking about?” he queried.

Omisore confirmed that all seven disqualified aspirants would appear individually before the appeal panel, insisting that the process must reflect fairness, transparency, and due process.

Omisore Slams APC Disqualification, Calls Screening Panel Report “A Huge Joke”