Osun APC To Lose Members As NNPP Woos Rasaq Oyelami

After the party guber primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, intra and inter-parties permutations to get credible candidates to tackle the candidate of the rulling party in the July 2022 governorship election have began across Osun, as New Nigeria Peoples’ Party (NNPP) moves to consider the leader of Orisunlagba caucus and one of the guber aspirants within the APC, Dr Oyelami Saliu popularly known as Àrólé-Orísun as its candidate, OSUNREPORTERS NEWS gathered.

In a statement released by Osun NNPP Chairman, Pastor (Dr) Tosin Odeyem, explained that the party has considered Oyelami’s pedigree and tentacles in politics, and ready to accommodate him to use its platform to contest for the governorship post come July, 2022.

The State party Chairman described Dr Oyelami as a golden fish endowed with natural gifts needed to move the state forward, noting that such a young person must not be left to waste away at this crucial time when so many things are in comatose in the state, ranging from economy to education, physical infrastructure, youths developments and so on.

Odeyemi stressed that the party is ready to work with him towards actualizing his dreams for a better Osun State that old and young shall be proud of.

Dr. Saliu Àrólé-Orísun is a medical doctor who hails from Okua town in Osun State. He was the leading governorship aspirant of Action Democratic Party in 2018 before the party leaders gave the ticket to another person.

Oyelami is the Financial Secretary of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), in Ondo State and the national Vice President II of the Islamic Medical Association of Nigeria (IMAN). He owns Aroleorisun Medical Mission in Okua , Odo Otin and Shifauk Hospital, Akure. The immediate past Chief lmam of University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital is a product of Barakat Community Secondary School in Ilorin and University of Ilorin where he earned his medical degree. Oyelami Saliu is also a media expert and a humanitarian activist.