Two All Progressives Congress (APC) members of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Tope Olayonu and Hassan Oyeleke, have pledged their support for the leadership of Senator Bukola Saraki and Alhaji Lai Mohammed.

Former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant Bashir Bolarinwa and some APC members loyal to Mohammed Dele Belgore had accused the APC national leadership of handing over the party leadership to Saraki.

Addressing reporters yesterday in Ilorin, Olayonu (Ojomu/Balogun), described the attacks on the APC leadership as a campaign of calumny.

He said: “We have confidence in the leadership of the Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Mohammed and the senator representing Kwara Central, Bukola Saraki.

“We are satisfied with the way the merger process has been handled in the state.

“We re-affirm here that the talks between the leaders are in our interest.

“The agitation of the dissidents is not in the interest of the state or the party.”

“We implore our members to continue to be loyal to the party leadership.

“We expect that after the national meeting in Abuja we shall give direction on how the membership registration and party congresses would go. It is expected that the exercise will hold soon.

“We also state that the party leadership enjoys a robust relationship, which is in the best interest of our members in the state.”