‘No Intention To Abandon The Ship Of APC’ – Rauf Aregbesola Restates Commitment

The immediate-past Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has restated his commitment to progressive ideals and All Progressive Congress (APC) in Osun State even as he stated that political parties are amalgamation of different interests and tendencies.

VerseNews reports that he restated his renewed commitment to the party during the launch of Omoluabi Caucus of APC in his hometown of Ilesa, Osun State, on Tuesday, August 22, 2023.

“The Omoluabi Tendency is a caucus within the All Progressives Congress (APC); actually one of the caucuses in the state. We are not a faction. We are the genuine foundation members of the party and we have no intention of abandoning the ship of the party as it navigates the most turbulent waters. We are no sprinters, but long-distance runners and we will still be standing when all the fair-weathers have gone.

“A political party is actually an agglomeration of interests and tendencies. Reading well from the United States where we borrowed the Presidential System, we can see that the Republican Party is made up of big businesses, nationalists, religious right and others. The Democratic Party, on the other hand, is composed of welfarists, labour unions, ethnic and sexual minorities and others.

“They are together in the party because their interests are broadly similar and they believe the party is the right vehicle for them to realise their goals. Sometimes they compete and clash, but for most part, they cooperate and form strong bond to give their party the victory in every election cycle. The party loses anytime this bond is broken,” Ogbeni Aregbesola stated.