The National Chairman of the All
Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole has said Bukola Saraki and others
who defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were migrant politicians who
had no political address.
Oshiomhole stated this on
Thursday in Abuja at the party’s 6th National Executive Committee (NEC)
meeting.
The National Chairman also said
the party had become organized and stronger since Saraki and others defected to
the PDP.
He said ‘’our party is stronger,
smarter, more cohesive and there is no better evidence than the fact that we
have won all the major elections after they left the party.
“We have seen people who go back
to their communities to decamp and we see uncommon defectors,” the APC national
chairman said.
According to Oshiomhole, those
defectors left the party to pursue their personal ambition which they believed
they cannot realise in the APC.
“Though they were not denied the
opportunity to try out that ambition, they arrived at the conclusion that the
only way they can realise their ambitions was to relocate and they relocated.
“Of course, for a distant
observer, he would think that this was a huge blow to our party,” he noted.
‘’Those who defected from the APC
have no political address, because they’ll keep moving from one party to
another every season for the purpose of contesting elections,” he added.
The APC national chairman
stressed that the party’s change agenda meant a move from a political order
that services only the political elite at the expense of the poor.
He added that since the change
would not allow business as usual, the conservatives had to leave on their own.
According to him, the party has
worked very hard to reconcile angry members and will continue to ensure peace
and unity in all its chapters.
“We are very proud to say that
upon our assumption of office, we have won nearly all the elections that have
taken place, particularly the ones at the states, Senatorial and House of
Representatives.
“The first task before us was the
election in Ekiti and under your leadership, as they say when the righteous
rules, the people rejoice.
“The party won the election in
Ekiti and your own former Minister who your Excellency graciously relieved of
his appointment to enable him go back to his state to serve his people, was
elected.
“Mr President, you played a huge
role in the electioneering campaign leading to that election,” Oshiomhole said.
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