The National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Ajibola Basiru on Saturday advised members of the party who are tired of the the party to leave instead of staying and still be working against the party.
He gave the advice while addressing members of APC in Osun State who came to welcome him following his elevation as the National Secretary of the party.
Addressing the party faithful who gathered at the popular Nelson Mandela Freedom Park, Osogbo, to celebrate his elevation, Basiru urged them to work assiduously for the party, saying come 2026 APC with reclaim its mandate in the state.
He said: “I implore all of us to work assiduously for the party. If you know you are tired of the party leave but don’t stay and still work against it.
“Those that betrayed us are now disappointed over the appointment of caretaker committees for local government areas.
“Don’t be deceived, this party is the main party that is development oriented. They are talking about fuel subsidy, the removal is for development. Before now they paid N1 trillion for subsidy, so within two months the government has been able to save N2 trillion.
“Anybody who is in this party and does not have a leader that will be counseling him or her should go and look for one. The leader guiding us is Baba Bisi Akande and anybody that follows him will not be lost because he judges aright. You can’t use anything to induce him.
“Oyetola is currently doing his ministerial induction in Abuja ahead of the swearing in on Monday. Baba Akande is in Abuja. The President insisted that he should stay in Abuja, where Baba is living in Abuja is bigger than the government house they are fighting over in Osun State”
He appreciated the people of Olorunda and Osogbo local government areas for standing by him and the party during the last general election.
“I want to thank all our supporters for standing with the party. APC garnered over 113,000 votes in Osun Central Senatorial District in the last election.
“President Bola Tinubu won Osun Central Senatorial District in spite all the intimidation and harassment by the thugs. I refused to go to thetribunal to challenge the result.
‘I appreciate those who stood by me especially in Osogbo and Olorunda. They proved to the people who claimed they owned Osogbo, they are not the owners of Osogbo but the indigenes.
“Less than one year, those that worked against the interests of our party are reaping the consequences. Those that they put in government are treating them like babies and they don’t know what is in government.”
