Director of the Social and Humanitarian directorate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), Chief Alex Ajipe, yesterday declared that the major opposition, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), lacks the structure to win the forthcoming general election in the South West geo-political zone.
Ajipe, who was a senatorial aspirant of APC in the primary that produced Mr. Jide Ipinsagba as Ondo North senatorial candidate, debunked the insinuation that he was dumping the party because of the outcome of the Supreme Court judgment that dismissed the suit filed against the outcome of the primary.
Speaking with journalists in Akure, the Ondo State capital on the outcome of the court’s verdict, the APC chieftain said there was no iota of truth in the insinuation that he would join PDP.
According to him there is no iota of truth in the insinuation that he dumped APC to help his kinsman, Mr. Tokunbo Modupe, who is the PDP candidate.
He said PDP has no structure to win any election either in the state or the country.
While saying those supporting the opposition political party and candidates are wasting their time Ajipe said, “I am a product of faith and I thank God for what he has done in my life. There are lots of issues that have been raised, I have read a lot of things on the pages of social media blogs about my decamping to the People’s Democratic Party, PDP. That’s why I feel that it is very important to set the record straight so that I am not decamping.
“Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is someone I love so much personally for the particular reason that he is a human capital developer, we have lots of his products today that nobody can deny across the globe. This is a very good opportunity for me to go through Ondo State and even the entire South West to campaign for him just as I have been doing.
“I want to say that I remain in my party, I remain the director of the social and humanitarian directorate of the PCC of the APC. I am going to campaign for everybody who is today INEC recognized candidate of the party, we have started rebranding some of our campaign vehicles to reflect some of their pictures, and we will also go through the nooks and crannies of Ondo State and even the entire South West to campaign for Asiwaju and Shettima and all the candidates that are INEC recognized and the party have pushed forward.
“I have no grudges against Pastor Jide Ipinsagba or anybody or anybody that has their preferences because politics is interest. You can’t force anybody to have an interest in you. I am also telling all my supporters both within and outside Ondo State that I remain in APC and I will work for all APC members, anywhere.
“No matter what happens, we will remain here, we believe in what we know, we believe in time, we believe in the majority and we believe in God Almighty that says His plan towards us is the plan of God and it’s a plan that will deliver us to our expected end and that plan is beautiful.
“If we are consistent, we will get to where we are going. We are open-minded, we will take any role that will have a direct impact on the life of our people.
“So, my supporters and the party people, they might not be my supporters but they are aggrieved about the conduct of the primary of the party or even the way they are handled or were not rewarded but there’s no place like home, APC is our home, we will be here to make sure that we straighten it, we democratize it and at the end of the day, it will give us back the reward that we deserve,” he said.