05/03/2026
COUNTER SPEECH AT APC LOCAL GOVERNMENT INAUGURATION
DISTINGUISHED PARTY LEADERS, RESPECTED ELDERS, EXECUTIVES, AND FAITHFUL MEMBERS OF OUR GREAT PARTY, THE ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS, I GREET YOU ALL.
TODAY IS SUPPOSED TO BE A DAY OF UNITY, CELEBRATION, AND RENEWED COMMITMENT TO THE IDEALS AND CONSTITUTION (ARTICLE 29) OF OUR GREAT PARTY. HOWEVER, I FEEL COMPELLED, AS A LOYAL PARTY MEMBER, TO RESPECTFULLY ADDRESS SOME ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED HERE TODAY WHICH APPEAR TO CONTRADICT THE PROVISIONS OF THE APC CONSTITUTION (ARTICLE 29).
OUR PARTY IS BUILT ON DISCIPLINE, INTERNAL DEMOCRACY, AND RESPECT FOR CONSTITUTIONAL PROCESSES. NO MATTER OUR POSITIONS OR INFLUENCE WITHIN THE PARTY STRUCTURE, WE MUST ALWAYS ENSURE THAT OUR ACTIONS AND STATEMENTS ALIGN WITH THE PRINCIPLES AND GUIDELINES CLEARLY STATED IN THE PARTY CONSTITUTION (ARTICLE 29).
LET ME RESPECTFULLY STATE THAT ANY POSITION OR DIRECTIVE THAT GOES AGAINST THE CONSTITUTION (ARTICLE 29) OF THE APC CANNOT REPRESENT THE COLLECTIVE WILL OF THE PARTY. OUR LOYALTY IS FIRST TO THE CONSTITUTION (ARTICLE 29) OF OUR GREAT PARTY, WHICH SERVES AS THE FOUNDATION OF FAIRNESS, JUSTICE, AND UNITY AMONG MEMBERS.
IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT OUR RESPECTED STATE GOVERNOR, WHO REMAINS THE LEADER OF THE PARTY IN THE STATE, MAY NOT BE AWARE OF SOME OF THESE FRAUDULENT ACT THAT IS BEEN ORCHESTRATED BY PASTOR *OSAGIE IZE- IYAMU* . THEREFORE, IT WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE FOR ANYONE TO USE HIS NAME OR AUTHORITY TO JUSTIFY ACTIONS THAT CONTRADICT THE CONSTITUTION (ARTICLE 29) OF OUR PARTY.
AS LOYAL PARTY MEMBERS, WE MUST AVOID ANYTHING THAT MAY BE INTERPRETED AS ANTI-PARTY ACTIVITY, DIVISION, OR ACTIONS CAPABLE OF WEAKENING THE STRUCTURE WE HAVE ALL WORKED HARD TO BUILD.
LET US REMEMBER THAT APC IS BIGGER THAN ANY INDIVIDUAL. OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY, UNITY, AND FUTURE OF THIS GREAT PARTY.
I THEREFORE CALL ON ALL LEADERS AND MEMBERS TO RETURN TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE APC CONSTITUTION (ARTICLE 29), RESPECT DUE PROCESS, AND ENSURE THAT OUR ACTIONS STRENGTHEN — NOT DIVIDE — OUR PARTY AT THE GRASSROOTS LEVEL.
TOGETHER, THROUGH UNITY, DISCIPLINE, AND RESPECT FOR OUR PARTY CONSTITUTION (ARTICLE 29), WE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OUR PARTY FORWARD.
THANK YOU, AND GOD BLESS THE ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS.
Edo State Government of Nigeria
CT Naija
Edo State Skills Development Agency