| The Daily Crucible | Tuesday, February 22, 2022
Former House of Representatives member, Hon. Adekunle Akinkade, has declared that Allied Peoples Movement (APM) has since ceased to have members in Ogun State.
Akinlade who was the governorship candidate of APM in 2019 but lost at the election to Prince Dapo Abiodun of the All Progressives Congress (APC) said the party's presence in the Gateway fizzled out after December 2019 when he led his loyalists and stakeholders back to APC.
Reacting to materials in circulation on social media that APM loses leaders and stakeholders to APC in Ipokia Local Government, he said some disgruntled elements within the ruling party were behind the false and phoney APM defection.
Akinlade who made this known in a release on Monday evening, recalled that all former members of the APM took part in the last APC membership revalidation exercise across Ogun State and till date carry its membership card with pride in the state.
He advised sponsors of the publication to jettison the unpopular and obsolete politicking strategy, noting that it is not only counterproductive, but also goes to show that that in-spite of the alleged resources at their disposal, the quality of individuals they could procure.
The release signed by Azeez Adelani,
Media Aide to Hon. Adekunle Akinkade (Triple A), reads: "In a failed and miscalculated political move, some disgruntled minority elements within the APC in a desperate bid to ascribe some relevance to themselves have resorted to cheap propaganda by claiming that some APM leaders recently decamped into the APC in Ogun State. A claim that is several miles far from the truth.
"First, Allied Peoples Movement ceased to exist in December, 2019 when Hon. Adekunle Akinlade led his loyalists and stakeholders back to the All Progressives Congress in Ogun State at a Press briefing in the state capital. A move that was welcomed and acknowledged by the National leadership of the APC.
"Secondly, all former members of the APM took part in the last All Progressives Congress membership revalidation exercise across Ogun State and till date carry the membership card of the APC with pride in the state. To the contrary, none of the so-called “APM leaders” can produce a single APM membership card.
"Furthermore, Ipokia Local Government; being the home and political base of Hon. Adekunle Akinlade is fully for the All Progressives Congress of President Muhammadu Buhari and Senator Ibikunle Amosun (SIA). Therefore, there is no APM member anymore in Ipokia or Ogun State since December, 2019.
"Also, the Senator Ibikunle Amosun political structure of the APC in Ogun State has continue to wax stronger, vibrant and growing on a daily basis, as such, we are unperturbed by the lies from the mischief makers who are hell bent on creating confusion to expand their political cottage having lost in the bid to secure the people's minds with stipend.
"As much as we understand the political motives of the sponsors of the said publication, we advise them to jettison the unpopular and obsolete politicking because it is counterproductive. It is also unfortunate that in-spite of the alleged resources at their disposal, this is the quality of individuals they could procure.
"Yoruba’s say that, it is not only foolish but stupid of a man to slaughter a cow to celebrate his marriage to a woman he lured with money from his neighbor’s bed. Ipokia local government and by extension, Ogun West is not for sale, neither are its people. Therefore, the people remain resolute and loyal to the SIA political family Ogun State."
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