A former National Chairman of the
All Progressives Congress, APC, John Odigie-Oyegun, has responded to reports
making the rounds that he had dumped the party.
Oyegun noted that though there
were problems and challenges in the party, he cannot run away.
He said he will stay and give
what he has to patch the cracks.
Reports emerged recently that the former Chairman had left the ruling party.
But speaking with TheSun, the elder
statesman said that having been an originator to the party’s process, it was
going to be extremely difficult to see himself in another political party.
Asked about the claim that he was
no longer in APC, Oyegun said, “I had intended to totally ignore that flown
kite. I have almost succeeded in doing that but this will be an opportunity to
emphasise that in terms of the thinking, I was basically an originator because
I knew that what we were doing while in opposition was wrong.
“We in opposition truly want to
present our nation with democratic choice. We need to build a party that can be
comparable in levels, strength and acceptability to the Nigerian public not for
them to keep saying that they don’t like them yet they don’t have choice.
Having been an originator to that process, it will be extremely difficult to
see myself elsewhere.
“Yes, the party has issues and
problems, but you don’t run away from the party because it is passing through a
phase or difficulty. I cannot run away. I will rather give what I have to patch
the cracks.
“We will maintain the direction
and goals we have set for ourselves otherwise the fluidity of the movement does
not make sense and does not show commitment.
“Yes, there are difficulties, but
they are meant to be addressed, sorted out so that the party does not lose its
soul and the message that brought it into being.
“Those are the critical issues.
The real problem comes if a party stands in danger of losing its bearing in
those respects. I am APC and I don’t see myself somewhere else. I cannot just
quite envisage it.”
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