Honourable Shina Abiola Peller, who represents Iseyin/Itesiwaju/Kajola/Iwajowa Federal Constituency, at the Federal House of Representatives has dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The announcement was contained in a letter addressed to the chairman of his ward.
The Iseyin Oke Ogun born politician was elected to the House of Reps in 2019 under the paltform of the APC. Peller contested the Oyo North Senatorial District seat under the aegis of APC but lost in the primary election. Consequently, Peller has now dumped the party to defect to another one yet to be announced.
Peller, in the letter he personally signed and addressed to APC Ward 9 chairman, Koso in Iseyin Local Government Area, insisted that he took the decision after due consultation with his people. The lawmaker said that undemocratic conduct of some party chieftains particularly in Oyo State has shown that the people from the grassroots and the youth will continue to be at the mercy of the few at the top.
He alleged that some people within the party imposed their preferred candidate against the wish of the people. He maintained that he left the APC because his people have asked him to do so. He explained further that he decided to join politics not for selfish reason but the overall interest of Nigerian youths and the people of Oke Ogun.
His letter reads, “I write to formally inform you of the renouncement of my membership from the All Progressives Congress (APC). I took this decision after due consultation with my people from the Oke Ogun region and beyond who feel humiliated by the undemocratic acts and decisions of some gladiators within Oyo State APC.
“President Muhammadu Buhari preached bottom-to-top approach driven APC, but the undemocratic conduct of some party chieftains particularly in Oyo State has shown that the people from the grassroots and the youth will continue to be at the mercy of the few at the top, who impose their preferred candidate against the wish of the people, as recently witnessed in Oyo North Senatorial District where I belong.
“My people have therefore decided that we withdraw our membership of the APC, as I delved into politics not for selfish reason but the overall interest of Nigerian youths and the people of Oke Ogun. So, I hereby renounce my membership of the APC”.
