Edo 2024: Ex-PCC Commissioner Leaves APC

A former federal commissioner of the Public Complaints Commission (PCC) and All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Barrister Alari Felix, has resigned his APC membership ahead of the September 2024 governorship election in Edo State.

He disclosed this in a letter dated May 20, 2024 addressed to the leadership of the party in the state.

Alari said, “This decision has been necessitated by the way and manner the affairs of the party have been conducted, especially, the party primaries and other sundry issues.

“Having been in this party from inception and having endeavoured over the years to work hard within the party framework to help to build a virile political party, it has however, become clear to me that this party has lost focus and has largely deviated from its core values.

“Edo State APC today is a highly disorganised political party, operated by myopic and egoistic mediocre who have little or no regard whatsoever for intellects and party loyalty and democratic principles.

“I will always cherish the experience and relationships formed during my long sojourn in APC but I cannot in all sincerity and good conscience continue to be part of a party that had abandoned the original principles and the ideals it once cherished.”

Confirming his resignation from the APC, Alari,  in an interview with newsmen, said  with the prevailing “economic hardship, insecurity and hopelessness in the land, no right thinking Edo person will vote APC.”

He added that the people of Edo must understand that a vote for an APC candidate is a vote for poverty and an endorsement of continuous hardship.