Former Minister of Works, Sen. Adeseye Ogunlewe, on Saturday said he had no regrets dumping the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC), as his new party feels like home to him.
He stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. Ogunlewe had earlier threatened to dump the PDP following protracted internal power tussle within the party in the state. He had issued the party 30 days ultimatum to resolve the crisis or risk losing him to the APC.
According to him
"I have no regrets dumping the PDP. I feel at home in APC, it is a better party with good plans for Nigerians. ‘’I dumped PDP days after the expiration of the ultimatum as the leadership crisis persisted.
‘’I have no regrets leaving a party without a chairman, and as I speak to you, I feel at home in the APC. I have left PDP, and I am now in APC. I gave them 30 days to resolve their leadership crisis and I waited days after the expiration still the crisis persists.
‘’Up till this moment, they don’t have a chairman in Lagos chapter of the party. I can’t stay in such a party. I have moved to the next level. I am now in the fold of the progressives where I truly belong,” he said.
Speaking on why he decided to join the APC, he said
”Another thing that attracted me to APC is the change in the style of Mr. President on governance. You know what he has done now. He has given financial autonomy to the local governments and that is part of what progressives have been yearning for.
”One is beginning to see the voice of the progressives in Mr. President; he is doing gradually what we have been fighting for. Look at what he did to late Abiola, these are commendable steps. We want him to do more. Just as he is gradually giving us true federalism, we want him to restructure the country.
”The way Nigeria is structured presently is too heavy. The president should restructure the country, without it, we cannot have the kind of progress we want,” he added.
