Speaking at the official declaration event, at Ake , Abeokuta. On Wednesday, Hon. Akinlade reaffirmed his commitment to the APC and lauded the leadership of Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, for the warm reception and dignified manner in which he and his team were welcomed back into the party.
“We are here to commit our loyalty absolutely to you and the party, we are here to work with you , your excellency, we will align with you. We have told our people before today , we sent our people back to their ward and local government for reconciliation , we knew the way we parted ways then, we went back home a couple not week to re align with our people to reach out to our people, today, we are here as one , I want to thank you for your leadership”.
He emphasized that their return to the APC is not just symbolic but deeply rooted in unity and renewed purpose.
Akinlade, also revealed that more than 10,000 loyalists joined him in rejoining the APC.
“Am telling you you that over 10,000 members moved with us today , what we’ve done before now is to send our people back to their wards and the local government . Because we all know what happened, how we left then and we have to reconcile at the ward level , today is just the ceremonial aspect of it for everybody to know that we are fully back to the party.
“We are back in our party, we all know where we started from, we want to thank the Governor of the state and the leadership of the party
For the respect and dignity with which they received us and treated us so far and we assured everybody we have come to stay .
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