By Bilesanmi Abayomi
Tensions within the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kosofe Federal Constituency have intensified following a strong rebuke from party chieftain Hon. Rosemary Olayemi Oshoffa against the constituency’s incumbent House of Representatives member, Hon. Kafilat Ogbara.
Oshoffa’s comments followed reports that Ogbara had distanced herself from decisions reportedly reached during the party’s reconciliation efforts over the 2027 House of Representatives ticket. The development has further exposed the unresolved disagreements within the party following the emergence of Mayor Dele Oshinowo as the APC candidate for the constituency.
“The Party Is Supreme”
Reacting to the controversy, Oshoffa urged Ogbara to channel any grievances through the party’s established structures rather than publicly challenging internal decisions.
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“The party is supreme. Why not channel all your grievances through the appropriate party executives? This is APC, and we have rules, structures, and processes.”
She warned against actions that could weaken the party’s internal cohesion, drawing comparisons with political disagreements associated with Ogbara’s previous affiliation with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
“Please, don’t come into APC and destroy the party the way you did in PDP. We respect our party, its leadership, and its established rules. There is a process for everything.”
Oshoffa Backs Oshinowo
Oshoffa also threw her weight behind Mayor Dele Oshinowo, describing him as the preferred choice of the people of Kosofe Federal Constituency ahead of the 2027 elections.
“Mayor Dele Oshinowo is the people’s choice,” she declared, insisting that attempts to challenge his emergence through competing narratives would not alter the situation.
“Propaganda can’t stop this,” she added.
The latest confrontation adds to a growing series of exchanges among APC stakeholders in Kosofe following the party’s primary election and subsequent attempts to reconcile competing interests.
While Ogbara has maintained that she has neither conceded defeat nor endorsed the reported reconciliation resolution, Oshinowo and his supporters have continued to mobilise across the constituency, urging party members to put the primary contest behind them.
With the 2027 election approaching, the central challenge for the APC in Kosofe will now be whether the party can convert its competing political interests into a united campaign structure, or allow the unresolved dispute to become a major fault line ahead of the general election.