I’ve Never Considered Leaving APC- Lai Mohammed

Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed has stated he has never nursed the idea of ditching the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

Mohammed, in a statement he personally signed, said leaving the party was never an option.

He pleaded with those who might have left to return to the party.

The Minister and Governor Abdulrahman AbdulRazaq have been in a running battle of supremacy since the Governor assumed office, leading to parallel executives and congresses in the State.

Not satisfied with the handling of the crisis in the State, some supporters of the Minister started leaving the party.

But the Minister, in a statement, appealed to them to return because leaving APC is never an option.

He said: “My attention has been drawn to media reports on the alleged defection of some of my supporters in the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara to the Social Democratic Party (SDP).

“On my part, as a founding member of the APC, as someone who has toiled endlessly to build the party and as one who has worked with stakeholders to deliver Kwara State to the APC, leaving the party is not an option.

“I am a bonafide member of the APC and I have no intention of leaving the party.

“All through my political career, I have always remained loyal to any party in which I have found myself. That is not about to change now.”

For some of his supporters who might have left to other parties, he pleaded with them to return to the fold.

He stated: “I want to use this opportunity to once again call on the leadership of our party to urgently and decisively address the issues that have forced some members of our party in Kwara to contemplate leaving the party.

“I wish to state categorically that despite the fact that the supporters are genuinely aggrieved at the way and manner they have been treated by the Kwara Governor and his supporters, against the backdrop of their immeasurable contributions to the massive victory of our party in the state in 2019, leaving the party is not the solution.

“We have taken the grievances of our supporters to the highest level of our party and we have cause to believe that everything will be done to address the grievances and unite the party ahead of the 2023 elections.

“I am therefore appealing to those who may have left to reconsider their stand and return to their natural habitat.”