The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, has, on behalf of the National Working Committee of the party, tendered a public apology to all aggrieved members over what he described as perceived wrongs during the processes of the party’s internal primaries.
During the launch of the APC Campaign Office in Ibadan, Yilwatda said he took responsibility for all issues that the recently concluded party primaries that produced the party’s candidates for the 2027 general elections might have generated.
The National Chairman, flanked by some members of the National Working Committee of the party, appealed to members who felt hurt, injured, prevented or excluded in any form to forgive the party and remain united ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Noting that the responsibility extended beyond Oyo State, Yilwatda urged all state party chairmen across the country to take the message of apology home to all members of the party.
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He stated: “This is not for Oyo state alone. Anywhere anybody made a mistake in a state, it is our mistake because the committee was set up by us and they are representing us.
“If anybody is hurt, if anybody is injured, if anybody is prevented or excluded in any form or the other, we take responsibility. On TV, before Nigerians, we take responsibility for all that has happened. I appeal to everybody that we are sorry.”
The APC National Chairman urged members at polling units, wards and local government areas across the country to regard the matter as an internal family affair.
In his remarks, the APC governorship candidate in Oyo State, Senator Sharafadeen Alli, commended the party’s National Chairman for fulfilling his promises to the state within two days.
He appreciated Yilwatda for honouring the invitation to meet with governorship aspirants and stakeholders, saying the achievements recorded within the period surpassed what the stakeholders had been able to accomplish on their own.
Alli disclosed that the promises made when the National Chairman invited the aspirants had now been fulfilled, assuring the National Chairman that the party in Oyo would continue to do the needful.
