File photo: Iyabo Obasanjo
The daughter of former President Olusegun Obasanjo and a former senator representing Ogun Central, Prof Iyabo Obasanjo, has resigned from the All Progressives Congress, citing what she described as persistent disrespect, rejection and maltreatment by the party leadership.
In a resignation letter dated May 31 and addressed to the Ogun State APC Chairman, Chief Yemi Sanusi, Obasanjo faulted the process that produced Senator Solomon Adeola, popularly known as Yayi, as the party’s governorship candidate for the 2027 election.
The US-based Associate Professor of Epidemiology alleged that the consensus arrangement adopted by the party fell short of its established guidelines and excluded her from the consultation process despite her participation in the governorship race.
She claimed that her supporters were violently prevented from entering the venue where Adeola was announced as the consensus candidate and that she was not accorded due recognition despite her efforts in mobilising support for the party across the state.
