Hon Biyi Poroye
The All Progressives Congress in Ondo State has warned that the it shall neither condone nor tolerate any form of anti-party activity by any member, irrespective of status or previous contribution.
It declared that its membership is a sacred covenant of loyalty, fidelity, and singular allegiance.
The party handed down the warning through its Reconciliation Committee in Ondo State, which “issues this unequivocal and uncompromising statement in the overriding interest of party discipline, institutional integrity, and the collective destiny of our great party APC in Ondo State.”
Titled “Loyalty to Tinubu and Party Candidates Non-Negotiable – APC Reconciliation Committee Places Defectors on Notice”, it was signed by the Secretary, APC Reconciliation Committee in the state, Hon. Dele Olanubi.
According to the statement: “The Committee hereby serves formal notice that the APC shall neither condone nor tolerate any form of anti-party activity by any member, irrespective of status or previous contribution. Membership of the All Progressives Congress is a sacred covenant of loyalty, fidelity, and singular allegiance.
“Any member who has elected to abandon the platform of the APC to contest elective office under the banner of another political party has, by that singular act, irrevocably severed all relationship with our party. Such persons stand completely dissociated from the APC; they are no longer members in any form or residual capacity.
“In the prevailing spirit of genuine reconciliation currently being prosecuted across Ondo State, the Chairman, Hon. Biyi Poroye, emphasises that every true member must remain steadfastly committed to the doctrine, ethos, and electoral cause of the APC.
“Loyalty must be total. Support for candidates flying the party’s flag is non-negotiable. Attendance at any clandestine meetings, consultations, or engagements with individuals who contested and lost under other platforms, or who have returned to contest against the APC, constitutes a grave breach of party discipline.
“Any member found wanting in this regard shall forfeit every privilege, recognition, and entitlement associated with membership of our great party. Such individuals shall be blacklisted as persons actively working against the collective interest of the APC and, by extension, against the interest of our presidential candidate, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
“There exists no moral or political justification for purporting to support the President while simultaneously undermining the party’s candidates at other levels. Such duplicity is anathema to progressive politics and shall be treated as such.
“We therefore enjoin all members to remain one hundred percent committed to the APC and to eschew every manifestation of anti-party conduct. Those who have already departed to contest on rival platforms must cease the dangerous pretence of still advancing the interest of President Tinubu while working subterraneously against APC candidates. Their membership has terminated; their residual claims to party affinity are null and void.
“In furtherance of its reconciliation mandate, the Committee held a constructive engagement with His Excellency, Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa. The Governor firmly maintained that he has never, throughout his political life, been involved in any form of anti-party activity. He recalled that he has remained a loyal member of one progressives platform- from the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) which metamorphosed into the All Progressives Congress, and categorically declared that he will neither join nor support any other political party, nor lend support to any individual who has left the APC to contest under a different platform.
“The Committee hereby assures all APC families across Ondo State that every outstanding issue will be resolved with the utmost urgency and fairness. The work of reconciliation continues apace as we labour to weld the party into a cohesive, purposeful force ahead of the general elections next year.
“The disturbing intelligence that certain members have been attending meetings convened by persons who have exited the APC remains troubling and runs counter to the painstaking efforts of this Committee. Anti-party activity ranks among the gravest acts of indiscipline known to the APC and attracts the severest sanctions, including expulsion.
“We appeal, once more, to every genuine member to remain unwavering in commitment to the party’s cause. Do not introduce fresh layers of discord at a time when the Committee is striving to bring every progressive son and daughter of Ondo State on board for unity of purpose and enduring camaraderie. The APC is greater than any individual ambition. Discipline, loyalty, and fidelity to the party’s candidates remain the only acceptable path.”
