Concerned about the aftermath of the November 26 governorship election in Ondo State, Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, one of the closest allies of President Muhammadu Buhari, thursday admitted that the All Progressives Congress (APC) was going through a difficult period, but expressed optimism that the party would pull through it soon.

Amosun was believed to have been one of the kingpins behind the election victory of the party in Ondo State.
His comments came on the heels of a fence-mending meeting between the leadership of the party and Senate President Bukola Saraki and other principal officers of the Senate who are members of the party, at the APC national secretariat in Abuja wednesday.Amosun, who was particularly concerned about the new status being accorded him within political circles since the Ondo election as the new leader of the APC in the South-west, rejected the title, but reiterated his support and loyalty to Buhari and the APC.

Amosun was apparently reacting to the disenchantment within the party over the Ondo governorship election that is threatening to tear the APC apart.

A National Leader of the APC, Chief Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, for instance, have been identified as critical chieftains of the party that have opened talks with the Senator Ahmed Makarfi-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to form a new mega party that would wrest control from the APC in 2019.

In a statement he personally signed, Amosun said: “For the avoidance of doubt, I am not, by any stretch of imagination, the leader or new leader of the APC in the South-west. I am a loyal party member, and I shall stand by our party and of course, with President Muhammadu Buhari. I am also obliged to respect all our leaders in the state, South-west and Nigeria.

“This is the minimum that is required of every party member by custom, and by the constitution of the party. I acknowledge that these are rather difficult times in the life of our party and in the nation.
“I am confident that we shall overcome and our party, the APC, and our dear country will come out even stronger, more viable and united.”

Addressing the issue of his assumption as the new APC leader in the South-west, the governor added: “I have noticed with consternation the recurring misnomer and mis-description in political nomenclature particularly as they relate to the politics of the South-west, and by extension, the country as a whole.

“I refer to the emerging tendency of referring to me and some other members of our great party as the ‘Leader(s) of the South West’ or ‘New Leader(s) of the APC in the South West’.

“When that phrase was first brought to my attention, particularly during the weeks preceding the Ondo State gubernatorial election, my immediate reaction was to ignore same as yet another distractive antics of the opposition.

“Somehow, the misnomer stuck and it came to appear rather more frequently in several other fora and publications, including respectable gatherings and the media.

“Lies and misconceptions, when told and asserted repeatedly with gusto, have the tendency to assume the toga of the truth. It is for these reasons that I have considered it of critical importance to set the records straight.
“As the governor of an APC controlled state, Ogun, I am a huge stakeholder in my party. In all that I do, in the open and in private, the bigger interest of our party remains the guiding principle for my actions, decisions and alliances.

“I grew up in the old Western Region, where loyalty to corporate goal and party supremacy was the hallmark of a true party member, and indeed every citizen.”Amosun maintained that “true leadership” could not be by conjecture or wishful thinking. “From the template that we inherited from our forbearers, it is usually earned. In political parlance, leadership also evolves. If we take this as our guide, even as governor, I have leaders from my state and at the national level

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Atiku2019

APC for deceiving Nigerians you will suffer. Ask PDP if only they ve learned. Tinubu now is humbled he sold himself into slavery. Ntoor

Guys no time

Please go and work

Sunnymatey:
APC for deceiving Nigerians you will suffer. Ask PDP if only they ve learned. Tinubu now is humbled he sold himself into slavery. Ntoor

The people in apc are the ones who were dissatisfied in pdp.

With time, they will eventually get greedy and pull out.

It's just a matter of fact time

Sunnymatey:
APC for deceiving Nigerians you will suffer. Ask PDP if only they ve learned. Tinubu now is humbled he sold himself into slavery. Ntoor

Sync will be perfect in this situation.

Greedy people.

sarrki:
Guys no time

Please go and work

Pls tell Pa Buhari to go and work too

Atiku2019:



Pls tell Pa Buhari to go and work too

Morning ,

It seems in your dream pmb us tormenting you

Your candidate is DOA

sarrki:



Morning ,

It seems in your dream pmb us tormenting you

Your candidate is DOA

Don't worry about my candidate, you should be more worried that your Mentor Buhari has brought us deep into the worst Recession in Nigeria

Una just dey start....

Falling....falling...finally fallen!

Amosun the juju your party used to deceive their supporters is still very potent as can be seen in edo and ondo.

Don't explain anything to them

Atiku2019:



Don't worry about my candidate, you should be more worried that your Mentor Buhari has brought us deep into the worst Recession in Nigeria

Your former hero caused us all this pain

Why did you desert him like a placard.

No more free money shey?

sarrki:


Your former hero caused us all this pain

Why did you desert him like a placard.

No more free money shey?

Caused what?

1) oil is now sold at $52 and over 2million barrels daily.

2) Federal Government don't pay fuel subsidy


3) We now use the TSA

So why are we still in Recession?

Mr Sarrki Buhari remains the worst President in Africa please don't compare him with OBJ/ATK tenure. That's an insult

Barely 2yrs and you're already going through a rough patch? A family of evil men

Rough part isn't enough,Dear God please help them go through a crash part and make dem never to be return.

nigeria politics of hatred

Everybody is going through a rough patch because of APC

Atiku2019:
Atiku2019

Nigeria is doomed. How can a sane person clamour for Atiku. Chai. Wat a pity

Nigeria Politics.

Who dem epp, na dem cause all the havoc

we know. I seriously pray APC collapses very soon, if possible this evening sef. rubbish government and political party.

ednut1:
Nigeria is doomed. How can a sane person clamour for Atiku. Chai. Wat a pity

I'm Insane. Thanks

sarrki:
Guys no time
Please go and work

WOW AM IMPRESSED, 4 ONCE U SPOKE SOMETHING NICE.

sarrki:

Sync will be perfect in this situation.

N HIS BACK 2 HIS BIZARRE WAYS.

Is Tinubu going?

Well.... The thing is, most of the fast fingers here can't see beyond their noses, hence the rush to type some inconsequential balderdash. Yes, APC is going through some quagmire but that's not alien to normal developments in party politics. Most of them have at once, had some internal rancorous ruptures and pettifogging disputations. It doesn't really warrant the beer parlour comments like the ones of most of the posters above. The shout of Atiku 2019 shows most of them are still wallowing in self inflicted oblivion and apparent inability to upgrade from the pitiable confinement of social media babies assumption as well as commonplace analysis with mere speculative deductions. Personally, I think Tinubu should distinguish between regional politics and that of national. Whereas, he can determine the operational disposition of his stooge governors, he's most unlikely to maintain such control over the president. He can't just have it all with the conviction of having a say or determination over everything. No matter how, the likes of fashola, fayemi and many others, were appointed on his account whether directly or indirectly. At least, he brought them to national political consciousness. So if the president is still making some concessions to him, why must he want to have it all? If the president did not win the 2015 election in states like akwa-ibom, delta, ekiti, anambra and so on, remember he had substantial votes there too and some people were responsible for that and they should equally be compensated. Some people will never learn, no matter how and I pity those people who don't think or take time to study these developments but are only limited to the borrowed wisdom from fellow dunce nairalanders. I was thinking the ondo state election would be an eye opener and of course, a reason to reason beyond social media analysis and unrealistic speculative deduction but....it's just unfortunate as usual. Let mega party be formed till 2050, it doesn't stop Buhari from winning in 2019. The people who are gonna do that voting don't have the time or the exposure to join your useless Atiku or mega party social media noise.

It is noted.