National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, John Odigie-Oyegun, has explained why he withdrew from contesting afresh the party’s national chairmanship position in the forthcoming National Convention slated for June 23. He said that the tenure extension that the party’s National Executive Committee had agreed to suffered a setback following President Muhammadu Buhari’s opposition. He said that some of the party leaders ought to have considered the tenure extension to be in the best interest of the party. Odigie-Oyegun urged party leaders to close ranks and to make the party a strong fighting force ahead of the 2019 general elections. It is for this reason that I hereby declare that I will not be seeking re-election as the national chairman.

Source: Punch June 02, 2018 13:41 UTC