Lai Muhammad pleaded with his supporters saying leaving APC is not the solution.

Lai Mohammed the Minister of Information and Culture, took a step in appealing to all members of All Progressive Congress (APC) in Kwara State not to leave the APC party.

In a statement released on Tuesday, April 5, the Minister told the defectors to return back to their “environment” for their grievances to be addressed ahead of the 2023 elections.

Lai Mohammed also mention that his supporters are unhappy due to the way they are been treated by the Governor of Kwara State and his supporters. He also called on the leadership of the party with immediate effect and decisively address the issues that have forced some members of APC in Kwara to contemplate leaving the party.

He pleaded and said leaving the party is not the solution.

The statement read;

“My attention has been drawn to media reports on the alleged defection of some of my supporters in the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara to the Social Democratic Party (SDP).

“I 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.

“We 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.

“I am therefore appealing to those who may have left to reconsider their stand and return to their natural habitat.

“On 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.

“All 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.

“I 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.”