A governorship aspirant on the All Progressives Congress (APC) platform in Osun State, Omooba Dotun Babayemi, has said the party and its members in the state were unperturbed and unsettled by anyone’s defection from the party.
Babayemi explained that this became instructive in view of the fact that one of the tenets of democracy allows for freedom of association.
In particular, he asserted that APC was a party big enough to accommodate anyone willing to join it at any point in time, urging members not to fret over some people’s moves to join the party.
In the continuation of his ward-to-ward tour to four wards in Oriade Local Government Area of the state, the governorship hopeful enthused that such a development signifies that APC will triumph at the coming gubernatorial election in the state.
“Anybody is free to join APC. The party is big and accommodating enough. Whoever wants to come, should come. We are unfazed and unperturbed.
Everybody is free, but everyone should come and tell you what he or she has, to lift the burden off your shoulders,” he maintained.
The governorship aspirant who visited Ikeji-Arakeji/Owena Ward 7, Apoti/Dagbaja Ward 8, Erin Oke, Ward 1 and Erin-Ijesa, described APC as a party where premium is placed on welfarism and empathy.
Speakers across the wards visited commended Babayemi’s interface with the grassroots, describing it as the first of its kind in their areas by anyone seeking top-flight positions in the state.
They implored him to take cognisance of the problems confronting their areas, promising to support his aspiration of becoming the APC governorship candidate so as to ensure that most of their needs were met in the long run for the benefit of the people.
