The national secretariat of All Progressives Congress (APC), Ajibola Basiru, has said the former deputy governor of Edo state, Philip Shaibu would be welcomed if he decides to join the ruling party.

Ajibola also said the APC would win the governorship seats in both Ondo and Edo states by ensuring that it manages any crisis that may threaten the strategy of the party.

Speaking during an interactive session with journalists in Osogbo, the capital of Osun State on Friday, April 12, Basiru noted that the political party is free entry and exit.

Basiru: “I read that some people met and said that they don’t want him to join the political party… My approach is this, a political party is like a school, you cannot tell somebody that somebody should not be your classmate in the school. It is the proprietor of the school that will determine whether you should be admitted or not.

“When Shaibu applies to the relevant arm of the party then the application will be taken and considered. A political party is a free entry and exit organization and in politics, the more the merrier, so the more people you can bring to your doorstep.”

He stressed that in the 2023 general election, APC won two of the three senatorial seats which shows that APC is a party to beat in Edo state.

Basiru stated: “We are confident that we are going to send Godwin Obaseki and his tea-drinking politicians out of Government house by the grace of God in the September 21 election.”

He dispelled insinuation of bickering between him and the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola.

He said: “He is my leader with Baba Bisi Akande, some of us are seriously minded people, we have work to do, we are working towards the primary in Ondo State, we have already successfully managed the primary in Edo State and by the grace of God we are going to take the two states.” (The Nation)

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