- There is no need for the Tinubu-led committee to visit Ondo state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for reconciliation
- This is the stance of the Ondo state governor, Arakurin Rotimi Akeredolu
- The governor said there were no factions to be reconciled by Tinubu in the state
Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo state at the weekend said there was no crisis in the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
According to the governor, Akeredolu said since the chapter was peaceful, there was no need for the APC national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to come to the state.
Tinubu was recently appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari to reconcile aggrieved members of the party across the country.
Governor Akeredolu's message to Tinubu is that all is well within the party in the state. Photo credit: NAN
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But Akeredolu said the APC was waxing stronger in the state, adding that there were no factions to be reconciled by Tinubu.
He made the comments during his first media chat titled “An Evening with the Governor” which was organized as part of activities marking his one year in office.
His words: “All is well with APC. Why did I say so? We control 24 states and APC is in all the states of the federation. If you have one or two problems in one or two areas, it is not to say all is not well with APC.
“I will use Ondo state as an example. There is stability in Ondo state. We don’t have problems. Some people may claim there is problem in APC in Ondo state. But there is no problem.
“I am sure that the peacemaker, Bola Tinubu, that you said was chosen, will have no reason to come here because we are at peace with ourselves.
“We have a party. We have a chairman and the party is being run very well. We welcome people. We welcome everybody. Today, some people joined us. People have been joining us.
“Somebody like Olusola Oke left. But he has returned and I am sure in his second coming, he will stay for us longer.
“So many other people have returned. So many people have joined, at least, from PDP. So many people from Labour Party and from other parties have come to us.
“The party is growing and it is growing in a manner that all of us are happy about it that we have a solid party on group.
“So, when there is no problem, you don’t need a peace maker so that he will not come and create problem.
“We don’t need the peace maker. We are saying that we are at peace with ourselves. Let us run the party the way we have been running it.”
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Meanwhile, the entire members of the Adamawa state House of Assembly on Thursday, February 22, passed a vote of confidence on the APC national executive led by Chief Odigie-Oyegun.
Led by its speaker, Rt. Hon. Kabiru Mijinyawa, on a visit to the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) at the national secretariat in Abuja, the Adamawa lawmakers particularly hailed the leadership style of the APC national chairman.
Mijinyawa said: “It is a great pleasure for us members of the Adamawa state House of Assembly to be in your midst to deliver our solidarity message. There is a tendency to have divisions and criticisms amongst ourselves at this crucial time. But most of the criticisms are not constructive and they hold no weight.
“That is why today we are here to register and show our appreciation and support to our state executive, the governor of Adamawa state and the national executive of our great party led by our national chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun.”
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Source: Naija.ng