Shina Abiola Peller, a member of the House of Representatives representing Iseyin/Itesiwaju/Kajola/Iwajowa Federal Constituency, has given reasons for dumping the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.
According to lawmaker, he was displeased with the undemocratic acts and decisions of some members of the party in Oyo State.
He added that despite the bottom-to- top approach being preached by the President, some party chieftains particularly in Oyo State still prefered to impose their candidates on the people.
The federal lawmaker who announced his exit from APC in a letter addressed to his ward Chairman on Thursday wrote;
“I took this decision after due consultation with my people from the Oke Ogun region and beyond who feel humiliated by the undemocratic acts and decisions of some gladiators within Oyo State APC.
President Muhammadu Buhari preached bottom-to-top approach driven APC, but the undemocratic conduct of some party chieftains particularly in Oyo State has shown that the people from the grassroots and the youth will continue to be at the mercy of the few at the top, who impose their preferred candidate against the wish of the people, as recently witnessed in Oyo North Senatorial District where I belong.
“My people have therefore decided that we withdraw our membership of the APC, and I totally align with them as I delved into politics not for selfish reason but the overall interest of Nigerian youths and the people of Oke Ogun. So. I hereby renounce my membership of the APC.”
Peller failed to clinch the APC senatorial ticket in May, losing to Senator Fatai Buhari who had 570 votes against Peller’s five votes.
