The ancient city of Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, stood still Monday, as the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was inaugurated amidst funfare.

The venue of the occasion was Ake Palace ground, where members of the merging political parties – the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), and the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) were welcomed in anticipation of the plans for the 2015 general election in the state.

Representatives of the former parties, who took turn to speak at the occasion, expressed their readiness to work together as one big family in the coming elections in the state.

Shortly after the opening prayers by Deacon Poju Adeyemi, the National Vice-Chairman of CPC, Mr. Rasaq Muse, in his speech, said the wind of change had started blowing, stressing that the wind was blowing for positive change.

He added: “Today is the day we have been waiting for. The day we have set aside to get rid of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the presidency come 2013.”

Also speaking, the former Chairman of defunct CPC in the state, Mr. Kunle Mudashiru, vowed that the combination of the defunct parties would defeat the PDP in the coming elections.

Also, one of the national officers of the defunct ANPP, Mr. Wasiu Olalekan, pledged that the new party would give the people of the country good dividends of democracy, “compare to the dark fourteen years of the PDP at the national level.”

However, the Interim Chairman of the party in the state, Tajudeen Bello, did not make any comment, but rather sand two songs.

On his part, Governor Ibikunle Amosun assured the people of the state of better governance both at the state and the national level if the party is voted into office in the coming general elections.

Describing the party as the only party that had presence in all the six geo-political zones in the country, Amosun said the leaders of the merging parties voluntarily buried their personal interests for the benefit of the generality of Nigerians.

He said: “This is the party; I stand to be challenged, I stand to be corrected. There is no party in the whole nation that has representation in all parts of the country. If we talk of North-east, we have Zamfara State there, if we talk of North-west, we have Kebbi State, if we talk of North-central, we have Nasarawa State there, if we talk of South-east, we have Imo State, if we talk of South-south, we have Edo State there and if we talk if the South-west, we are everywhere there.

“When we started, people thought it was a joke. People said we needed only two weeks that we would collapse. They changed it to two months. They said we will not agree with ourselves. When the issue of name came up, we agreed within ourselves. On the flag issue, we agreed with ourselves, on the party symbol, we agreed too.

“They said the party will scatter when they were asked to present interim officers, do we scatter now, rather, we are becoming more stronger. APC now has answers to their problems, we have APC ointment, we have APC injection, we have APC soap, we have APC cream, we have APC drugs and we have APC drips.”

“For those who don’t want injection we will give them drips, so, this is the party that will give Nigerians god governance like good roads, electricity, health and other infrastructural amenities.”

Source: http://infonigeria24.com/ogun-stands-still-as-apc-is-launched/

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He said: “This is the party; I stand to be challenged, I stand to be corrected. There is no party in the whole nation that has representation in all parts of the country. If we talk of North-east, we have Zamfara State there, if we talk of North-west, we have Kebbi State, if we talk of North-central, we have Nasarawa State there, if we talk of South-east, we have Imo State, if we talk of South-south, we have Edo State there and if we talk if the South-west, we are everywhere there.

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Na true o, but some would still call it a sectional party
What should will call PDP that does not have elected governors in all geo political zones?!
PdP is the real sectional party.

@picture, why is Amosun always wearing tall caps? Not less than 300mm in height

Time to take over aso rock!!

#push over 2015