Former APC chairman, Oyegun denies joining PDP

The immediate National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), John Odigie Oyegun  has said he had not left the party contrary to rumours doing the the rounds.

Oyegun, who was replaced by Adams Oshiomhole said despite the fact that the party was going through challenges, he will remain a member to help fix these issues.

He denied defecting to the opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party. 

He said, “I had intended to totally ignore that flown kite. I have almost succeeded in doing that but this will be an opportunity to emphasise that in terms of the thinking, I was basically an originator because I knew that what we were doing while in opposition was wrong.

“We in opposition truly want to present our nation with democratic choice. We need to build a party that can be comparable in levels, strength and acceptability to the Nigerian public not for them to keep saying that they don’t like them yet they don’t have choice. Having been an originator to that process, it will be extremely difficult to see myself elsewhere.Yes, the party has issues and problems, but you don’t run away from the party because it is passing through a phase or difficulty. I cannot run away. I will rather give what I have to patch the cracks.

“We will maintain the direction and goals we have set for ourselves otherwise the fluidity of the movement does not make sense and does not show commitment.” 

Odigie said he knew there were difficulties with the APC but that would not make him quit the party 

“Yes, there are difficulties, but they are meant to be addressed, sorted out so that the party does not lose its soul and the message that brought it into being.

“Those are the critical issues. The real problem comes if a party stands in danger of losing its bearing in those respects. I am APC and I don’t see myself somewhere else. I cannot just quite envisage it.”