Former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s daughter Prof. Iyabo Obasanjo, has resigned from the All Progressives Congress, APC, saying she has been disrespected alongside his supporters.
In a letter made available to journalists on Monday , the former Commissioner For Health in Ogun state.
Her resignation comes two months after the party picked senator Olamilekan Aseola Solomon as its governorship candidate for the state.
Obasanjo was among the aspirants who contested for the party’s ticket for next year’s election but lost to Senator Adeola, the Senate Committee Chairman on Appropriation, after the APC adopted the consensus arraignment for its primary.
The daughter of Nigeria’s former leader had, following the emergence of Senator Adeola congratulated him, saying she did so in the larger interest of the party.
She has now made a u-turn after alleging that the party and its governorship candidate disrespected and “rejected” her and her supporters.
According to her, Senator Adeola had reached some agreement with her after his emergence but has refused to fulfil them two months after such agreements were reached, alleging that her supporters have also been harassed in the party.
Obasanjo: “When I started the journey to get the party’s nomination for Governor, I came to see you and I said to you and everyone both privately and publicly that I will honor the party’s consensus decision once it has been made.
“When that day came, even as violence was perpetrated against my supporters to stop them from entering the venue, I maintained my
calmness.
“At the venue, with no prior meeting with me as a candidate, given what the national party says in its guidelines on what consensus should be, i.e., having meetings where all candidates agree to the candidate that will be announced, a candidate was announced.
“No one acknowledged my presence at the meeting, given that I was the most prominent opposition to the candidate chosen, and I had traversed the state mobilizing and encouraging grassroots APC support.
“Based on my conviction that party unity is important, I wrote my letter accepting the party’s consensus candidate that night, even with the flawed process. The consensus candidate called me the next morning and asked for a meeting with my followers and me, which we had about 2 weeks later.
“At that meeting, my people made 3 requests, which I said were not compulsory, but he should let me know so I would let my people
know his responses, and he said I should give him a week.
“Unless he gets back to me after I send this letter, he has not reached out to me after 2 months. This is just part of the general treatment I have received from APC of disrespect and rejection, as if I were not there, making contributions that increased support for the party in
Ogun Central and across the state.
“A famous person once said that when disrespect is the
only dish served, then one should leave the table. I am therefore leaving the APC table where I am not welcome. This is my resignation from the party.
Despite her grievances, Obasanjo expressed appreciation to President Bola Tinubu, Ogun APC Chairman Chief Yemi Sanusi, and the Ogun Central Senatorial Chairman, Chief Soremi, for what she described as their warm disposition towards her during her brief stay in the party.
“Through you, I want to thank the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria for receiving me warmly as usual, and I thank you and our Ogun Central Senatorial Chairman, Chief Soremi, as both of you treated me well, and I will always remember that. Best Regards.”
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