Chief John Odigie, the former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Tuesday obtained his membership card of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Benin City where he registered as a member.
The chairman of the Edo State chapter, Kennedy Odion while presenting the card to him said Oyegun isn’t new to formation of political coalitions.
The state chairman referenced Oyegun’s involvement with the formation of a coalition that led. to the emergence of the APC in 2013.
“He has put together what is called a coalition before, and he succeeded. So, in mathematics, once you understand the formula, the answer is in view. So, he understands how he did it before, so doing it again is not a difficult task.
“So as God may have it, he is not from any other state but from the heartbeat of this nation, Edo State and we are moving the coalition together.
“He was the chairman of the implementation committee that decided that ADC would be the platform,” Odion said.
Responding, Oyegun said there was extensive consultations among stakeholders before settling for the ADC, stressing that the ADC has the interest of Nigerians at heart.
“We talked to a lot of parties, about seven of them. Up till the very last minute. We made a report and we said ADC. And some said, ‘No, no, no, you must still talk to this, you must still talk to that.’
“So, we delayed the decision for another fortnight. At the end of our meeting, we still came back. I said, ‘yes, what you ask us to do, we have done. We have talked to the others, but we have not seen a party as dedicated as the ADC,” Oyegun said.
The former APC national chairman blamed the ruling party for the economic hardship an worsening insecurity in the country.
According to him, Nigeria has never been so divided as it is under the President Bola Tinubu’s administration.