Nollywood actress, Funke
Adesiyan who alleged that the APC took her mandate from her, has finally spoken
about her ordeal in the primaries.
According to Funke Adesiyan
who got 207 votes to defeat her rival who got 32 votes, stated that injustice
was meted out by the APC to those who bought forms and contested for the party’s
primaries.
Funke Adesiyan who was contesting on the platform of the APC for the
House of Assembly ticket for Ibadan South East State Constituency 2, wrote;
“Dear friends,
We have come to the end of
a long journey. A very rigorous and eventful one. The people of Ibadan South
East 2 have spoken. They spoke loudly and clearly.
The journey of the last one
year has been halted, and I thank you all for standing by me. For believing in
my vision and for throwing your weight behind me in critical moments. I will
never take this significant support for granted.
The primary election has
come and gone and I have been made to believe and accept the outcome in good
fate.
While I am not quite happy
that my hard-earned mandate was taken from me, as this stands against the
principle with which I stand for, I can’t go against the wish of our great
party, All Progressives Congress (APC). “I can’t understand why people, who
bought forms sold at exorbitant prices, went for primaries and emerged winners
only to be told that their names had been swapped for other anointed
candidates”. One may be tempted to ask why we had primaries in the first place
if the party’s hidden agenda was to impose candidates?
This is one old injustice
that has continued to dwarf the progress and entrenchment of internal
democracy, one that has denied many people the full blessings of fulfilling
their ambition politically.
There is no better evidence
of this than the brazen act of injustice that forced me to surrender my
mandate.
I urge all my supporters
not to be wary as this is a phase that will soon pass.
Today, I hold in my heart
nothing but love for my people as I call on you all to not despair of our
present difficulties but to believe, always, in the promise and greatness of
our party (APC), Oyo State and Nigeria because nothing is inevitable here.
I implore you all to go all
out and vote for the APC in the 2019 general election and ensure that we record
a resounding victory.
Thank you and God bless Oyo
state.
Funke Adesiyan.”
Lawless country
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