President Muhammadu Buhari
Senator Lanre Tejuoso has said he would not leave the All Progressives Congress (APC) unless President Muhammadu Buhari leaves the party.
Tejuoso made the declaration on Monday in Abeokuta, Ogun State while announcing his intention to re-contest for the position in 2019.
he also stated that Buhari advised him not to leave the party alongside other lawmakers.
“I cannot leave APC. I will only leave if President Muhammadu Buhari leaves,” he said.
“When the incident happened, Mr. President called me and told me he wants me back in the party.
“What happened is just a misunderstanding in the local and it has been resolved.
“You know Ogun state is known in Nigeria to be the first in most things. It has been established that for democracy to thrive and to catch up with that of the developed nations, direct primaries is the answer and since Ogun state is always the first I am sure my governor will surely support it because he always want the best for the state.
“I am sure he will lead and others will follow and we are going to do direct primaries by God’s grace in Ogun state and I am sure my governor will agree.”
As stated by him, “everybody in the party can have their say and choose whoever they want.
“Anybody who offers himself for election let the people agree that you are competent enough. So let everybody vote.
“It shouldn’t be a scenario of where few people will just be gathered somewhere and somebody will then tell them what to do. We want a change and that is what our party is preaching.
“We want direct primaries; we don’t want indirect primaries where some people will owe some people because they are the one who help them achieve the success they have achieved.
“Some of us are beneficiaries in the past but that shouldn’t continue because we have benefitted from such, there must be a change because we can’t leave this for our children.”