Oyegun blames APC for hunger, starvation, as former party leader gets ADC's party’s card
Former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and governor of Edo State, Chief John Odigie Oyegun, has been handed the membership card of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, by the Edo state chairman of the party, Mr. Kennedy Odion in Benin.
Former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and governor of Edo State, Chief John Odigie Oyegun, has been handed the membership card of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, by the Edo state chairman of the party, Mr. Kennedy Odion in Benin.
Presenting Oyegun with the card at the ADC’s secretariat in Benin, Odion said Oyegun is not new to forming a coalition, adding that, he had done it before and he is doing it again with the view of redeeming the nation from its economic quagmire.
Odion's words, “He has put together what is called a coalition before and he succeeded. So, in mathematics, once you understand the formula, the answer is in view. So, he understands how he did it before so doing it again is not a difficult task.
“So as God may have it, he is not from any other state but from the heartbeat of this nation cum Edo State and we are moving the coalition together.
“He was the chairman of the implementation committee that decided that ADC will be the platform.”
Also, speaking on the occasion, Oyegun, said before they settled for ADC, they had made extensive research and found out that it was the party that has the interest of Nigerians at heart.
“We talked to a lot of parties about seven others. Up till the very last minute. We made a report and we said ADC. And some said, “No, no, no, you must still talk to this, you must still talk to that.” So, we delayed decision for another fortnight.
“At the end of our meeting, we still came back. I said, Yes, what you ask us to do? We’ve done. We’ve talked to the others, but we have not seen a party as dedicated as the ADC”, Oyegun noted.
Oyegun further blamed the ruling APC for the hunger and starvation as well as for the party's inability to tackle the rising insecurity in the country especially in Benue and other states, pointing out that, the nation had never "been so divided as it is under the present leadership of Bola Tinubu."
According to Oyrgun, those peddling the rumour that the ADC was planning to disrupt the government of the day were only trying to diminish the aims and objectives of the coalition which was to rescue Nigerians.
“So, from a month ago, you were just ADC. Today, one can say we are the largest party in this nation. We are growing by the day, we are growing by the week. We are growing by the months. People understand. In all parties, we are not talking, it’s still ADC but ADC is now a mix of the best of PDP.
“Some of the best of APC, a lot of them are still coming on the way. And all the other parties. And the good thing is that, you haven’t seen a lot of the faces yet both professionals, people who never thought of politics, people who just finished from minding heights of the economy, but in whatever service, I don’t want to mention the various services”, Oyegun added.
Odion's words, “He has put together what is called a coalition before and he succeeded. So, in mathematics, once you understand the formula, the answer is in view. So, he understands how he did it before so doing it again is not a difficult task.
“So as God may have it, he is not from any other state but from the heartbeat of this nation cum Edo State and we are moving the coalition together.
“He was the chairman of the implementation committee that decided that ADC will be the platform.”
Also, speaking on the occasion, Oyegun, said before they settled for ADC, they had made extensive research and found out that it was the party that has the interest of Nigerians at heart.
“We talked to a lot of parties about seven others. Up till the very last minute. We made a report and we said ADC. And some said, “No, no, no, you must still talk to this, you must still talk to that.” So, we delayed decision for another fortnight.
“At the end of our meeting, we still came back. I said, Yes, what you ask us to do? We’ve done. We’ve talked to the others, but we have not seen a party as dedicated as the ADC”, Oyegun noted.
Oyegun further blamed the ruling APC for the hunger and starvation as well as for the party's inability to tackle the rising insecurity in the country especially in Benue and other states, pointing out that, the nation had never "been so divided as it is under the present leadership of Bola Tinubu."
According to Oyrgun, those peddling the rumour that the ADC was planning to disrupt the government of the day were only trying to diminish the aims and objectives of the coalition which was to rescue Nigerians.
“So, from a month ago, you were just ADC. Today, one can say we are the largest party in this nation. We are growing by the day, we are growing by the week. We are growing by the months. People understand. In all parties, we are not talking, it’s still ADC but ADC is now a mix of the best of PDP.
“Some of the best of APC, a lot of them are still coming on the way. And all the other parties. And the good thing is that, you haven’t seen a lot of the faces yet both professionals, people who never thought of politics, people who just finished from minding heights of the economy, but in whatever service, I don’t want to mention the various services”, Oyegun added.
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