{"id":172838,"date":"2022-04-06T07:27:51","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T06:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=172838"},"modified":"2022-04-06T07:32:03","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T06:32:03","slug":"lai-mohammed-asks-aggrieved-loyalists-who-defected-to-sdp-to-return-to-their-natural-habitat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/04\/06\/lai-mohammed-asks-aggrieved-loyalists-who-defected-to-sdp-to-return-to-their-natural-habitat\/","title":{"rendered":"Lai Mohammed asks aggrieved loyalists who defected to SDP to return to their natural habitat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Minister of information and culture, Lai Mohammed has asked some of his loyalists who defected to the Social Democratic Party (SDP) to return to their natural habitats.<\/p>\n<p>This call was made by Lai Mohammed in reaction to the defection of over 100 aggrieved supporters of the minister in Kwara state to the SDP.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that a\u00a0rift between Mohammed and AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, Kwara governor, had divided the state\u2019s chapter of APC into two factions.<\/p>\n<p>The crisis reached a crescendo in 2021 when the two factions held parallel congresses in the state.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Tuesday, Mohammed said leaving the party is not the solution to the problems confronting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/04\/05\/2023-joint-meeting-of-csos-apc-support-groups-adopt-tinubu-as-best-choice-for-nigeria\/\">APC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The minister said their grievances have been taken to the highest level of the party and everything would be done to address their concerns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wish to state categorically that despite the fact that the supporters are genuinely aggrieved at the way and manner they have been treated by the Kwara State Governor and his supporters, against the backdrop of their immeasurable contributions to the massive victory of our party in the state in 2019, leaving the party is not the solution,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have taken the grievances of our supporters to the highest level of our party, and we have cause to believe that everything will be done to address the grievances and unite the party ahead of the 2023 elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am therefore appealing to those who may have left to reconsider their stand and return to their natural habitat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn my part, as a founding member of the APC, as someone who has toiled endlessly to build the party and as one who has worked with stakeholders to deliver Kwara State to the APC, leaving the party is not an option. I am a bonafide member of the APC and I have no intention of leaving the party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll through my political career, I have always remained loyal to any party in which I have found myself. That is not about to change now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to use this opportunity to once again call on the leadership of our party to urgently and decisively address the issues that have forced some members of our party in Kwara to contemplate leaving the party.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister of information and culture, Lai Mohammed has asked some of his loyalists who defected to the Social Democratic Party (SDP) to return to their natural habitats. This call was made by Lai Mohammed in reaction to the defection of over 100 aggrieved supporters of the minister in Kwara state to the SDP. 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