South-East committed political blunder –Oyegun

… Says APC not planning to build one party nation
From Romanus Ugwu, Abuja
CHAIRMAN of All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief
John Odigie-Oyegun, has said the South East geopolitical
zone committed political blunder in the 2015 general
elections by putting all their eggs in one single basket. He
said that act has denied them the opportunity to be part of
the power equation in the country.
Speaking when the Tony Nwoye-led faction of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) stormed the headquarters of the
ruling party in Abuja yesterday to register their intent to
defect to APC, the party boss said the South East cried
more than the bereaved over the outcome of the 2015
presidential election.
He, however, commended them for the initiative to be part
of forces, which determine the trajectory of the country.
His words: “I welcome you to the headquarters of the APC
and I want to emphasise that we are glad that you have
come. However, I want to make it clear that we are not
attempting to build a one party nation; far from it.
“We gladly embrace people like you because of the
enormity of the task facing this nation and the job of
turning it away from the unfortunate many years of
indescribable bad government by those people that
misguided the trajectory of this nation.
“I am sure you did not come to join APC because it is now
the ruling party but because there is work to be done. You
people came from the area we consider as an important
sector of this nation. I have close affinity with the Igbo
and I know the capabilities they have.
“I feel particularly pained that you find out that at a stage
you put all your eggs in one single basket. It was so bad
that even at the post-election, many people in the South-
East cried more than the bereaved.
“The South-South even moved ahead and that was why I
worked day and night to turn the ship of the South South
round so that we can be part of the forces that determine
the trajectory of this nation. That is what I precisely wish
for the South-East.
“With your coming, other parties in Anambra State are
dead because, strictly speaking, there is no other party in
Anambra. In the long term, it is going to be APC and PDP
but, now that there is no PDP anymore, it is going to be
APC all the way.
“We all know that APGA is dead, I pity the governor and I
thought you people should have even brought him with
you. Your first challenge and assignment when you go
back is to convert him,” he rounded off.

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