The Saki, Oke Ogun-born lawyer and former Commissioner for Justice and Attorney-General said this on Saturday in an interview with New Telegraph, where he emphasised that Governor Abiola Ajimobi had messed up those of them in the “Unity Forum” group up in the last party congresses, reason he went to court to seek redress, while many others justifiably defected to the ADC.
He said: “I concede to the fact that those who left for ADC had good reasons to do so, particularly because when the then leadership of the party messed us up as members of the “Unity Forum” then, one expected the leadership of the party to take a proactive step of bringing all of us together and discuss with us. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen.
“So, those who left had good reasons to leave because of the clear injustices that were meted out to us. A lot of the people who left were members of the House of Assembly and the National Assembly. They still have aspirations and with what happened at that time, it seemed as if they were at the end of the road.
“Of course, I too have my ambition, but I believe as a strong fighter who will not run from fighting, I believe in fighting for justice within the system, and that was what took me to court to fight for justice. So, I am still a member of the party and I will remain a member of the party under President Muhammadu Buhari. And I am very confident that I and others, who remain, will triumph.
“I cannot but assure you that once I get the ticket of the party for the governorship election, all these members who have left will certainly come back into the APC fold. And I think that I can conclude with all sense of responsibility and humility that as the APC stands today, I am the only aspirant who can win for APC, the state of Oyo in the general election.
“I can assure you that if I am able to get the ticket of the party, like I have told our leaders, APC in Oyo State has only two options: either I get the ticket, and since I enjoy the confidence of the generality of our people in Oyo State, I will be able to win Oyo State over for the party. The only other option, I will say, although I stand to be corrected, by the election result when it comes, is that if I don’t get the ticket, then APC can forget about Oyo State. It is clear.
(New Telegraph)
