Dr. Adebayo Shittu, the former Minister of Communications, has openly criticized the leadership of the All Progressives Congress over the conduct of the party’s recent primary elections. The party chieftain expressed deep dissatisfaction with the widespread irregularities, structural confusion, and administrative manipulation currently threatening the internal cohesion of the ruling party across Oyo State.
Speaking on the nationwide backlash following the controversial exercises, Shittu revealed how internal deceit protected his financial resources from being wasted on an unfair process.
“I was deceived and thank God I did not pay 50 million Naira only for another person to be anointed, because why would a party wait for people to pay before announcing an anointed candidate,” he stated.
READ ALSO: Inside story: Why President, APC dumped Fubara
The legal practitioner explained that a fellow politician misled him into stepping down from his federal university appointment based on a false presidential directive. Shittu noted that certain elements manufactured a crisis within Oyo State by falsely claiming that President Bola Tinubu had officially anointed a specific governorship candidate for the ticket.
The foundation member warned that these undemocratic impositions and the lack of transparency would severely damage the political fortunes of the ruling party in the upcoming general elections. He maintained that political stakeholders cannot force aggrieved members to vote during the main election if the initial internal processes remain unfair.
In his concluding remarks, the former minister announced his decision to step away from active partisan politics to focus entirely on religious devotion through Islamic Dawah.
He urged the national leadership of the party to dispassionately investigate all pending petitions, address the errors made, and quickly rectify the injustices to ensure genuine peace returns.
About The Author
More Stories
Public Servants Set October 2 Warning Strike Over Fuel Price, Demands Fuel prices be reduced to N500 per litre
Five Men Arrested for Wearing ‘Tinubu Must Go’ T-Shirts in Maiduguri
VIDEO: Nigerians Jubilate as President Tinubu Ends Working Vacation in Paris as He Returns Home to Resume Official Duties