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The National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ajibola Basiru, has asked former Ekiti State governor, Kayode Fayemi, to resign from the ruling party if he no longer believes in its ideals.
Basiru also warned that the APC would not hesitate to invoke disciplinary measures against Fayemi over alleged anti-party activities ahead of the Ekiti governorship election.
He accused the former governor of working with opposition elements to weaken the party, following recent comments in which Fayemi said the APC was “losing its bearing and vision.”
Speaking with Saturday PUNCH, Basiru said Fayemi should formally exit the party rather than remain within it while criticising its leadership and direction.
“We believe that he should be courageous enough to formally resign membership of the party he so much despises and he so much wishes to collapse rather than playing ostrich,” Basiru said.
“We urge him that since he so much despise the party and wish the party an implosion, he should go to where whatever he thinks his best idea can be ventilated.
“We wish him the best of luck, but he should not stay within our party and be wishing us bad luck. He should go to another political party if he no longer believes the party he represents.
“Let him go and join another party. If he does not join another party, the APC will not hesitate to invoke disciplinary actions to sanction him for anti-party activities.”
APC faults public criticism
Basiru further stated that Fayemi ought to have explored the party’s internal dispute resolution mechanisms instead of criticising the APC publicly.
According to him, the timing of Fayemi’s remarks—amid preparations for the Ekiti governorship primaries—suggested an attempt to weaken and “demarket” the party.
He also linked Fayemi’s comments to earlier claims by former Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi, alleging that some APC members were collaborating with opposition forces.
“His statement only further confirmed what Mr Rotimi Amaechi said that he was one of those people who conceded to form opposition against the APC,” Basiru added.
“We also have it on good authority that he and some of his followers have been hobnobbing with opposition elements, particularly ahead of the Ekiti governorship election.”
Fayemi criticises consensus primaries
Fayemi had, during an interview on State Affairs, criticised what he described as a decline in debate and intellectual engagement within the APC.
He also faulted the party’s growing use of consensus candidates in primaries, arguing that the approach undermines democratic principles.
The former governor warned that the APC had drifted from the vision of its founding fathers.
Basiru, however, defended the economic reforms introduced by President Bola Tinubu, including the removal of fuel subsidy and the floating of the naira, describing Fayemi’s criticism of the policies as “ill-informed or mischievous.”
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