The newly registered All Progressives Congress, APC, might have begun on a shaky start in Oyo State as some party chieftains and supposedly members of the new party on Friday distanced themselves from the scheduled rally being slated to hold today.
It was alleged that the State Chapter of the APC had scheduled a rally for Sunday, a development said to be contrary to the directive from the national headquarters of the newly registered party.
Under the aegis of All Progressives Congress Stakeholders, the group, in a release signed by 10 members, including Senator representing Oyo South Senatorial District, Olufemi Lanlehin, Chairman, Odu’a Investment Company Ltd, Sarafadeen Alli among others, described the planned rally as unwise.
According to the release made available to journalists in Ibadan yesterday, the group said it decided to dissociate from the said rally in obedience to the directive of the National Headquarters of the party.
The release stated:
“Following the directives from the National Headquarters of the APC that no APC rally should be held in the meantime in any State of the Federation and a stakeholders meeting held in Ibadan on Wednesday, 7th August, 2013 by the representatives of the merged political parties, the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Congress for Progressive Change, CPC and All Nigeria Peoples Party, ANPP, wherein it was unanimously agreed that any such rally at this period may likely be counterproductive.
“We, the undersigned, on behalf of our teeming members of APC in Oyo State wish to unequivocally dissociate ourselves from a purported rally slated for Sunday, the 11th day of August, 2013 by a section of APC.
“We further ask; what is the wisdom in scheduling a political rally for Sunday when many party leaders and faithful, who are Christians will be in Churches seeking the face of the Lord?
“We also wish to advise our numerous supporters all over Oyo State to discountenance any call for participation in the so-called rally”, the release stated.