The State Executive Council of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State, has appointed Alhaji Moshood Olayide Abas as the acting Chairman of the party.
Alhaji Abas, a pharmacist is from Ibarapa zone of the state and was the party Deputy-Chairman of the party.
His appointment came weeks after the demise of the party chairman, Isaac Ajiboye Omodewu who was buried during the weekend.
The ratification of his name as replacement of the late chairman came on Monday after an emergency State Executive Committee meeting held at the Oke-Ado state Secretariat of the party.
The party Publicity Secretary, Olawale Sadare, confirmed the development in a press statement after the meeting.
“Following the transition of our former state chairman, Barrister Isaac Omodewu, the Constitution of our great Party has placed on us an onus to fill the vacuum by elevating the Deputy State Chairman to the post of Acting Chairman and this is exactly what the State Executive Committee did at an emergency meeting earlier today. The new acting chairman belongs to the category of the leaders of the Progressives with an intimidating track record of service as a professional and a politician,” the statement reads.
