Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture
Kwara : Don’t defect to SDP, Lai Mohammed appeals to loyal supports
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has appealed to some of his supporters in the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara who have defected to the Social Democratic Party (SDP) to reconsider their action as efforts are being made to address their grievances.
Recent reports had said that members of the APC loyal to Mohammed, in Kwara State and opposed to Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, known as “APC Loyal,” have announced their defection to the Social Democratic Party.
The former secretariat of the faction at 26 Abdulrazaq Road, Flower Garden, GRA, Ilorin, has been branded with the SDP symbol and adorned with posters of members interested in contesting 2023 elections on the platform of the SDP.
Reacting in a statement on Tuesday , the minister said “my attention has been drawn to media reports on the alleged defection of some of my supporters in the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara to the Social Democratic Party (SDP).
“I wish to state categorically that despite the fact that the supporters are genuinely aggrieved at the way and manner they have been treated by the Kwara State Governor and his supporters, against the backdrop of their immeasurable contributions to the massive victory of our party in the state in 2019, leaving the party is not the solution.
“We have taken the grievances of our supporters to the highest level of our party, and we have cause to believe that everything will be done to address the grievances and unite the party ahead of the 2023 elections.
“I am therefore appealing to those who may have left to reconsider their stand and return to their natural habitat.”
Mohammed said “on my part, as a founding member of the APC, as someone who has toiled endlessly to build the party and as one who has worked with stakeholders to deliver Kwara State to the APC, leaving the party is not an option. I am a bonafide member of the APC and I have no intention of leaving the party.
“All through my political career, I have always remained loyal to any party in which I have found myself. That is not about to change now.
“I want to use this opportunity to once again call on the leadership of our party to urgently and decisively address the issues that have forced some members of our party in Kwara to contemplate leaving the party,”
