By Shina Abubakar

The immediate past Speaker, Osun State House of Assembly, Timothy Owoeye, disclosed that the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship primary election would be free of rancour.

This is as he led the inauguration of 393 Youth Assembly to canvass votes for the aspiration of Mr Bola Oyebamiji ahead of the party primary election.

Speaking at the event held at the Ileri-Oluwa campaign office in Osogbo on Tuesday, Owoeye said the contestants for the APC governorship ticket understand the process and procedure of emergence and would all play with the rules of the game.

“Everyone of the contestants knew adequately that one of the prerequisite to emerge as candidate is through a primary election and they are all prepared for it. They know the rules and procedure. I am sure as a party man that they are, primary election won’t cause any rancour, and if it want to arise, the party leadership has mechanism to control such”, he said.

Meanwhile, he said the purpose of inaugurating Youths Assembly by the Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji, AMBO, campaign organisation was to engage the youth to begin mobilisation for the emergence of Oyebamiji as the party flag bearer for the 2026 governorship poll.

“The 393 AMBO Youth Assembly across Osun State, that we inaugurate today will be responsible for the mobilisation of votes to ensure that our aspirant, Bola Oyebamiji did not just emerge as the party’s candidate but also as Governor of Osun State”, he added.

Meanwhile, a chieftain of the party, Mr Kayode Oduoye, disclosed that the essence of setting up the Youth Assembly is not just for mobilisation but to ensure that they are fully involved in the project with a view to ensuring its success.

Also, a former lawmaker in the state, Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, disclosed that the AMBO platform has designed an effective strategy to increase youth participation and involvement in party politics.

“Youth participation is a key indicator of a healthy and sustainable democracy if actively encouraged, the youth can help promote democratic values and challenges in our society by putting to rest authoritarian practices of the people in government”, he said.

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