2023: Oyo APC Stalwart, Morufu Smith Withdraws Membership, States Preferred Candidates Across Party Lines
Oyo APC: Party Stalwart, Morufu Smith Withdraws Membership, States Preferred Candidates Across Party Lines.
Public Notice: Withdrawal of APC Membership
This is informing the general public that I am withdrawing my membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The decision to withdraw my membership from the party cannot be divorced from the unnecessary imbroglio the privileged actors in the party have thrown the party into since the past few months.
I had stuck in a dilemma these past few months and it took a lot of consultations with my inner self to arrive at this painful but emotionally relieving decision.
Apart from Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu who is the APC presidential candidate which I have a covenant with myself to work assiduously for to emerge as the next President of Nigeria in 2023, my preferred candidates in Oyo State are both in APC and in Accord Party. As a lover of good governance over party loyalty, I cannot bring myself to engage in anti-party activities. I cannot remain in APC and work against it from within!
Below are my preferred candidates in Oyo State for 2023 elections.
Chief Bayo Adelabu Accord Gov Candidate
Mr Kolapo Kola-Daisi Oyo South Senate
Senator Fatai Buhari Oyo North Senate
Dr Yunus Akintunde Oyo Central Senate
Mr Idris Ajimobi IBSW Constituency 2
Mr Ibrahim Iyiola Dudu IBSE Constituency 1
Mrs Aina Oke-Are Oluyole State Assembly
Mr Adams Yusuf Ib Northwest State Assembly
Mr Rotimi Ajanaku IB NW/SW Rep
Hon Dapo Lam-Adesina IB NE/SE Rep
It is clear that my preferred candidates cut across two parties, APC and Accord. To be able to vote for my conscience without the guilt of anti-party activities, I have decided to become a free voter with a latitude to express my electoral choices freely. I reserve my right and liberty to use my virtual platforms to campaign for my preferred candidates regardless of the parties they belong.
Let me reiterate that I am not joining Accord Party. If the coast becomes clear in the future, APC remains the party of my choice. It’s a party which ideology I believe in whether the party itself upholds its ideology or not. I don’t know what ideology Accord Party stands for. I believe in the capacity and the competence of my preferred candidates across both parties to return Oyo State in her entirety to her glorious political and good governance era.
Thank you as I proceed to engage in electioneering towards achieving electoral successes for my candidates.
Signed:
Morufu Smith
A Free Voter.
