Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on media and publicity, has denied being a card-carrying member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
He stated on Thursday that APC is only his preferred party but he is not a member of the party, adding that he is a Buharist as well.
Adesina made his position known in an article on Thursday in reaction to those calling him out after the APC lost the July 16 governorship election in his home state of Osun.
At Saturday’s governorship election in Osun State, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ademola Adeleke defeated the incumbent governor and candidate of the APC, Gboyega Oyetola.
The development led to people calling out APC stalwarts from the state including Adesina demanding to know the reason they could not deliver the state to the ruling party.
Responding, Adesina in the article published on Thursday and titled ‘OSUN: BUHARI DOES IT AGAIN’ said though he would have preferred Oyetola as his preferred candidate to win the election, he is not a stakeholder in the Osun election as people painted it to be.
In his words, “I’m also a Buharist, a firm believer in the ideals of that honest man, the Mai Gaskiya from Daura, in Katsina State, though I am not a registered member of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
“It was, therefore, laughable for some people to try and rope me into Osun State politics, as the gubernatorial election held last Saturday. First, they came up with the news that Femi Adesina had lost his ward to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Which Femi Adesina. Me? Or another one? Do you lose what you don’t participate in?”
He further clarified that contrary to insinuations that the PDP defeated the ruling party in his ward, the APC actually won in his ward.
“Out of curiosity, I checked. The APC had, indeed, won my ward, in the Post Office area of Ipetumodu by 176 to PDP’s 130 votes. But it didn’t matter. It just shows how heinous and petty some people can be,” he added.
On his membership of the APC, Adesina said while he is sympathetic to the party, he is not a registered member of the APC and those calling him out after the party’s loss in Saturday’s governorship election should be properly guided.
“My position is this. I work for an APC government, and it is my preferred party. But member? Not so. I have always rooted for good APC candidates and I would have loved if Governor Gboyega Oyetola had won in Osun last weekend,” he said.
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