APC Grassroots Giants Bello, Owoeye Left Out as Osun Appointments Under Tinubu Don Reach 50

President Bola Tinubu don appoint over 50 indigenes of Osun State enter key positions for him government, but the absence of two political heavyweights – Rt. Hon Adejare Bello and Rt. Hon Timothy Owoeye – dey cause serious talk inside APC camp.

Even though big names like Chief Bisi Akande, Gboyega Oyetola, Ajibola Basiru, Bola Oyebamiji, Charles Akinola, Temitope Ilori and many others don chop appointment, party members dey wonder why Bello and Owoeye – two former Speakers wey be grassroots politicians with strong influence – never see anything.

For Osun politics, both men don play big roles.

•Hon. Adejare Bello, from Ede, first enter Osun House of Assembly in 1997 under DPN, later serve as minority leader, and by 2003 become Speaker under PDP. In 2021, he chop appointment as Nigeria Ambassador to Mexico, but since Tinubu recall am, Bello never get fresh political role. APC insiders for Ede dey vex, say if Bello no get recognition, e fit weaken APC chance for 2026 governorship election, especially as Ede na Governor Ademola Adeleke stronghold.

•Rt. Hon Timothy Owoeye, the immediate past Speaker from Ilesa, na another grassroots mobiliser. He don serve in the House since 2007, move from Minority Leader to House Leader, Majority Leader, and later Speaker in 2019, making am the longest-serving lawmaker for Osun. During the last guber poll, Owoeye even delivered Ilesa East for APC despite heavy opposition. Supporters dey argue say to ignore am now fit scatter APC strategy for Ijesaland.

Some APC members talk say both Bello and Owoeye remain key “rallying points” in their zones, and leaving them out dey raise question about the party’s 2026 election permutation.

Political observers also dey remind APC say Osun politics dey shaped by the Big Five cities – Osogbo, Iwo, Ife, Ilesa, and Ede. If heavyweights from Ede and Ilesa dey sidelined, the party fit enter 2026 race with weak footing.

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For now, the omission of Bello and Owoeye dey hot for APC circles, as loyalists dey ask: why sideline proven grassroots generals when the battle for 2026 dey around the corner?