Iyabo Obasanjo has resigned from the All Progressives Congress, accusing the party’s Ogun State leadership of disrespect, exclusion and unfair treatment during its governorship primaries.
In a resignation letter dated May 31 and addressed to the party’s state chairman, Chief Yemi Sanusi, Obasanjo said she was leaving after what she described as repeated instances of marginalisation within the party.
She recently contested for the APC governorship ticket in Ogun State ahead of the 2027 elections but lost out in a consensus arrangement that produced Senator Solomon Adeola as the party’s candidate.
Obasanjo criticised the process, saying it violated the party’s guidelines on consensus-building and was carried out without adequate consultation among aspirants.
She also alleged that some of her supporters were prevented from accessing the venue where Adeola’s emergence was announced.
Despite her objections, she said she initially accepted the outcome in the interest of party unity and congratulated the candidate. She added that Adeola later met with her and her supporters but failed to follow through on commitments made during that meeting.
Describing her experience in the party as marked by “disrespect and rejection,” she said she could no longer continue under such conditions.
“A famous person once said that when disrespect is the only dish served, then one should leave the table,” she wrote in the letter, adding that she was “leaving the APC table where I am not welcome.”
Obasanjo, a former senator for Ogun Central, rejoined active partisan politics earlier this year after registering with the APC in Ward 11, Ibogun, Ifo Local Government Area.
Her return had generated speculation about a possible governorship bid, fuelled further by campaign-style billboards across parts of Abeokuta in recent months.
